List of Cistercian Monasteries in France - B

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  • Balerne Abbey, in Franche-Comté, monks, diocese of Besançon, later diocese of Saint-Claude (Mont-sur-Monnet, Jura)
  • Barbeau Abbey (also known as Barbeaux Abbey), monks, diocese of Sens (1147-1793) (Fontaine-le-Port, Seine-et-Marne)
  • Barbery Abbey, monks, diocese of Bayeux (Barbery and Bretteville-sur-Laize, Calvados)
  • Barzelle Abbey (also Barzelles Abbey), monks, diocese of Bourges (Poulaines, Indre)
  • Battant Abbey, nuns, diocese of Besançon (Besançon, Doubs)
  • Baumgarten Abbey (?-1525) (Bernardvillé, Bas-Rhin)
  • Beaubec Abbey, monks, diocese of Rouen (Beaubec-la-Rosière, Seine-Maritime)
  • Beaugerais Abbey, monks, diocese of Tours (Loché-sur-Indrois, Indre-et-Loire)
  • Beaulieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Langres (Hortes, Haute-Amance, Haute-Marne)
  • Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey, also known as Belloc Abbey, monks, diocese of Rodez (Ginals, Tarn-et-Garonne)
  • Beaupré Abbey, monks, diocese of Beauvais (1135-?1791) (Achy, Oise)
  • Beaupré Abbey, diocese of Toul (1135-1790), later Nancy (Moncel-lès-Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle)
  • Beaupré Abbey (also known as Beaupré-sur-la-Lys Abbey), nuns, diocese of Saint-Omer (La Gorgue, Nord)
  • Beauvoir Abbey, nuns, diocese of Bourges (Marmagne, Cher)
  • Beauvoir Abbey, monks, diocese of Castres
  • Bégard Abbey, monks, diocese of Tréguier (Bégard, Côtes-d'Armor)
  • Bellaigue Abbey, monks, diocese of Clermont (Virlet, Puy-de-Dôme)
  • Bellebranche Abbey, diocese of Le Mans (Saint-Brice, Mayenne)
  • Belle Eau Abbey, monks, diocese of Castres
  • Bellecombe Abbey, nuns, diocese of Le Puy (Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire)
  • Bellefontaine Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bellefontaine), Trappist monks (Bégrolles-en-Mauges, Maine-et-Loire)
  • Belleperche Abbey, monks, diocese of Montauban (Cordes-Tolosannes, Tarn-et-Garonne)
  • Bellevaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Besançon (Cirey, Haute-Saône)
  • Belloc Abbey, see Beaulieu-en-Rouergues
  • Belmont Abbey, nuns (Belmont, Haute-Marne)
  • Belval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Belval), nuns (formerly Troisvaux, Pas-de-Calais, now Saint Pol sur Ternoise)
  • Bénisson-Dieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Lyon (La Bénisson-Dieu, Loire)
  • Bénisson-Dieu Abbey (also known as Nisors or Nizors Abbey), monks, diocese of Comminges (1184-?) (Boulogne-sur-Gesse, Haute-Garonne)
  • Berdoues Abbey (also known as Berdouès Abbey), diocese of Auch (Berdoues, Gers)
  • Le Betton Abbey, nuns, diocese of Maurienne (Betton-Bettonet, Savoie)
  • Biache Abbey, nuns, diocese of Noyon (Biache-Saint-Vaast, Pas-de-Calais)
  • Billon Abbey (Abbaye de Billon, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Billon), monks, archdiocese of Besançon (Chenecey-Buillon, Doubs)
  • Bithaine Abbey, monks, diocese of Besançon (Adelans-et-le-Val-de-Bithaine, Haute-Saône)
  • Bival Abbey, nuns, diocese of Rouen (Nesle-Hodeng, Seine-Maritime)
  • La Blanche en Noirmoutier Abbey, diocese of Luçon (Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, Vendée)
  • Les Blanches Abbey (or Blanche Abbey), nuns, diocese of Avranches (Mortain, Manche)
  • Blauvac Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bon Secours de Blauvac), nuns, diocese of Avignon (1927-) (Blauvac, Vaucluse)
  • Blendecques Abbey (also known as Blandecques Abbey), nuns, diocese of Saint-Omer (Blendecques, Pas-de-Calais)
  • Bohéries Abbey, monks, diocese of Laon (Bohéries, later Vadencourt-et-Bohéries, nowadays Vadencourt, Aisne)
  • Bois Abbey, nuns, diocese of Paris (rue de Sèvres, Paris)
  • Bois-Grolland Abbey, diocese of Luçon (Poiroux, Vendée)
  • La Boissière Abbey, monks, diocese of Angers (Dénezé-sous-le-Lude, Maine-et-Loire)
  • Bon-Repos Abbey (Laniscat, Côtes-d'Armor)
  • Bondeville Abbey, nuns, diocese of Rouen (priory to 1657, thereafter royal abbey to 1790) (Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville, Seine-Maritime)
  • Bonlieu Abbey (also known as Carbonblanc Abbey), monks, diocese of Bordeaux (Carbon-Blanc, Gironde)
  • Bonlieu Abbey, monks, diocese of Limoges (Peyrat-la-Nonière, Creuse)
  • Bonlieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Geneva (Sallenôves, Haute-Savoie)
  • Bonlieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Le Mans (Dissay-sous-Courcillon, Sarthe)
  • Bonlieu Abbey, diocese of Valence (Bonlieu-sur-Roubion, Drôme)
  • Bonlieu Abbey, nuns, diocese of Lyon (Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse, Loire)
  • Bonnaigue Abbey (sometimes Bonne-Aigue Abbey), monks, diocese of Limoges (Saint-Fréjoux, Corrèze)
  • Bonnecombe Abbey, monks or nuns, diocese of Rodez (1166-? and 1875–1965) (Comps-la-Grand-Ville, Aveyron)
  • Bonnefont Abbey, monks, diocese of Comminges (Proupiary, Haute-Garonne)
  • Bonnefontaine Abbey, monks, diocese of Reims (Blanchefosse, later Blanchefosse-et-Bay, Ardennes)
  • Bonneval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bonneval), monks then nuns, diocese of Rodez (Espalion then Le Cayrol, Aveyron)
  • Bonnevaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Poitiers (Marçay, Vienne)
  • Bonnevaux Abbey, monks, diocese of Vienne (Saint-Jean-de-Bournay, Isère)
  • Bonport Abbey, monks, diocese of Évreux (Pont-de-l'Arche, Eure)
  • Bons Abbey, nuns, diocese of Belley (Chazey-Bons, Ain)
  • Boquen Abbey, monks, diocese of Saint-Brieuc (Plénée-Jugon, Côtes-d'Armor)
  • Boschaud Abbey (also known as Bouchaud Abbey), diocese of Périgueux (Villars, Dordogne)
  • Bouchet Abbey (also known as Vauluisant Abbey), monks, diocese of Clermont (Bouchet, Drôme)
  • Bouillas Abbey, diocese of Auch (Sainte-Radegonde, Gers)
  • Boulancourt Abbey, nuns, diocese of Troyes (Longeville-sur-la-Laines, Haute-Marne)
  • Boulaur Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Boulaur), nuns (Boulaur, Gers)
  • Boulbonne Abbey, monks, diocese of Mirepoix (Cintegabelle, Haute-Garonne)
  • Bournet Abbey or Le Bournet Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Assomption du Bournet), monks (Benedictine 1113-1125, Cistercian 1125-15th century, Benedictine 15th century onwards) diocese of Angoulême (Courgeac, Charente)
  • Bourras Abbey, monks, diocese of Auxerre (Saint-Malo-en-Donziois, Nièvre)
  • Brayelle-les-Aunoy Abbey or Brayelle Abbey, nuns, diocese of Cambrai (Annay-sous-Lens, Pas-de-Calais)
  • Le Breuil-Benoît Abbey, monks, diocese of Évreux (Marcilly-sur-Eure, Eure)
  • Bricquebec Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de Bricquebec), monks (abbey since 1836) (Bricquebec, Manche)
  • Bueil Abbey, monks, diocese of Limoges (Bueil, Eure)
  • Buillon, see Billon
  • La Bussière Abbey, monks, diocese of Autun (1130-French Revolution) (La Bussière-sur-Ouche, Côte-d'Or)
  • Bussières Abbey, or Bussières-les-Nonains Abbey, nuns, diocese of Bourges (Saint-Désiré, Allier)
  • Buzay Abbey, monks, diocese of Nantes (Rouans, Loire-Atlantique)

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