This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved
monasteries
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
of the
Carthusians
The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians ( la, Ordo Cartusiensis), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its ...
(also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for
monk
A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...
s and
nun
A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.''The Oxford English Dictionary'', vol. X, page 599. The term is o ...
s, arranged by location under their present countries. Also listed are the "houses of refuge" used by the communities expelled from France in the early 20th century.
Since the establishment of the Carthusians in 1084 there have been more than 300 monastic foundations, and this list aims to be complete. Dates of foundation and suppression are given where known. there are 21 extant charterhouses, 16 for monks and 5 for nuns, indicated by bold type.
Europe
Austria
* Aggsbach Charterhouse (''Kartause Aggsbach'' or ''Kartause Marienpforte'') in Aggsbach, Lower Austria (1380–1782)
*
Gaming Charterhouse
Gaming Charterhouse (german: Kartause Gaming, also known as ''Kartause Maria Thron'') is a former Carthusian monastery in Gaming near Scheibbs in the ''Mostviertel'' of Lower Austria.
The monastery was founded in 1330 by Albert II, Duke of A ...
(''Kartause Gaming'' or ''Kartause Maria Thron'') in
Gaming
Gaming may refer to:
Games and sports
The act of playing games, as in:
* Legalized gambling, playing games of chance for money, often referred to in law as "gaming"
* Playing a role-playing game, in which players assume fictional roles
* Playin ...
Biaroza
Biaroza ( be, Бяро́за, official Belarusian romanization standard: ''Biaroza'', formerly Бяро́за-Карту́зская; rus, Берёза, Beryoza; pl, Bereza Kartuska; Yiddish: קאַרטוז־בערעזע, tr. ''Kartùz-Bereze'' ...
, formerly Biaroza-Kartuskaja (1648–1831)
Belgium
*
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
:
** St. Catherine's Charterhouse, Antwerp, also known as Kiel Charterhouse (''Kartuize t’Kiel'' or ''Kartuize Sint-Katharina-op-de-Berg-Sinai'') (1324–1543, when relocated to Lier)
** St. Sophia's Charterhouse, Antwerp (''Kartuize Sint-Sophia, Antwerpen'') (1625–1783)
** ''see also Sheen Anglorum''
* ''Bruges, see (1) Genadedal; and (2) Sheen Anglorum''
* Brussels Charterhouse (''Kartuize Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe van Gratie''),
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
(1588–1783; transferred from Scheut)
* ''Diest, see Zelem''
* ''Enghien, see Herne''
* Genadedal or Genadendal Charterhouse (''Kartuize Genadedal'' or ''Genadendal''),
Sint-Kruis
Sint-Kruis ( vls, Sinte-Kruus) is a suburb of Bruges in the province of West Flanders in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is border ...
(1383–1584); relocated in
Bruges
Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the countr ...
(1584–1783)
* ''Ghent, see Koningsdal''
* Herne Charterhouse (''Kartuize Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-Kapelle''), Herne (Flemish Brabant) near
Enghien
Enghien (; nl, Edingen ; pcd, Inguî; vls, Enge) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1January 2006, Enghien had a total population of 11,980. The total area is , which gives a population dens ...
Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...
(1584–1783)
* ''Kortrijk, see Koningsdal''
* Leuven Charterhouse otherwise Louvain Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Sainte-Marie-Madeleine-sous-la-Croix''; ''Kartuize Maria-Magdalena-onder-het-Kruis op de Calvarieberg''),
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...
(c. 1489/91–1783)
**''see also Sheen Anglorum''
* Liège Charterhouse, also known as Mont Cornillon Charterhouse (''Chartreuse des douze apôtres du Mont-Cornillon'' or ''Kartuize Twaalf Apostelen op de Mont Cornillon''),
Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
(1357–1796)
* Lier Charterhouse (''Kartuize Sint-Katharina-op-de-Berg-Sinai''), Lier (Antwerp) (1543–1783; transferred from Kiel, Antwerp)
* ''Malines, see Sheen Anglorum''
* Mont-Saint-André Charterhouse (''Kartuize Sint-Andreasberg'' or ''Chartreuse Mont-Saint-André''), Chercq near
Tournai
Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Euromet ...
(c. 1376/77–1783)
* ''Namur, see Sheen Anglorum''
* Nieuwpoort Charterhouse, also known as Sheen Anglorum (''Kartuize Nieuwpoort'') (1626–1783; in other towns in Belgium from 1559): see Sheen Anglorum
* Scheut Charterhouse (''Kartuize Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe van Gratie''), Scheut near
Anderlecht
Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...
(1454–1588; relocated in Brussels)
* Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse (''Charterhouse of Jesus of Bethlehem''): English Carthusians in exile, located successively in Bruges (Val-de-Grâce) (1559–69), Bruges (Sinte-Clarastraat) (1569–1578), Namur (1578), Louvain (1578–nk), Antwerp (nk–1591), Malines (1591–1626) and Nieuwpoort (1626–1783)
* Sint-Martens-Bosch Charterhouse (''Kartuize Sint-Martens-Bosch''), Sint-Martens-Lierde,
Geraardsbergen
Geraardsbergen (; french: Grammont, ) is a city and municipality located in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Geraardsbergen prop ...
(1329–1783)
*
Tournai
Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Euromet ...
, the order's printing press: moved to Parkminster (1913–1954)
* Zelem Charterhouse, also Diest Charterhouse (''Kartuize Sint-Jansberg'' or ''Sint-Jansdal''), Zelem,
Diest
Diest () is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Situated in the northeast of the Hageland region, Diest neighbours the provinces of Antwerp to its North, and Limburg to the East and is situated around 60 ...
(1328–1796)
* Zepperen Castle,
Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The muni ...
(1901–1905; house of refuge for exiled French community from Glandier)
Czech Republic
* Brno Charterhouse, Královo Pole Charterhouse, or Königsfeld Charterhouse (''Holy Trinity''),
Brno
Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...
(1370–1782)
* Dolany Charterhouse (''Our Lady of the Valley of Jehosaphat''), Dolany near
Olomouc
Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019).
Located on th ...
(1389–1437; moved here from Litomyšl; moved to Olomouc in 1437, when the monastery was ruined by Hussites)
* Litomyšl Charterhouse (''Kartause Mariae Dornbusch'' 'Our Lady of the Thornbush'', Tržek near
Litomyšl
Litomyšl (; german: Leitomischl) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,900 inhabitants. It is former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see. Litomyšl is known for the château-type castle c ...
(Leutmeritz) in Okres Svitavy (1378–1390; moved to Dolany)
* ''Mariengarten, see Prague''
* Olomouc or Olmütz Charterhouse (''Our Lady of the Valley of Jehosaphat''),
Olomouc
Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019).
Located on th ...
(1437–1782; settled by the displaced community from Dolany)
* Poděbrady or Podiebrad Charterhouse, at
Poděbrady
Poděbrady (; german: Podiebrad) is a spa town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Elbe. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an u ...
near
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
Fryšták
Fryšták (german: Freistadtl) is a town in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrative par ...
,
Zlín
Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; german: Zlin) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 73,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice river. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the ...
(Moravia) (1617–20; destroyed by Protestants during Thirty Years' War; refounded at Walditz)
* ''Tržek, see Litomyšl''
* Valdice, Walditz or Karthaus-Walditz Charterhouse (''Kartause Marienfeld'', later ''Mariae Himmelfahrt''),
Valdice
Valdice (before 1950 Kartouzy-Valdice) is a municipality and village in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.
Etymology
Valdice was named after the nearby deer park (from German ''Wa ...
near
Jičín
Jičín (; german: Jitschin or ''Gitschin'') is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republi ...
(Bohemia) (1627–1782; settled by the displaced community from Štípa)
Roskilde
Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...
(1162 or 1163–c. 1169; site abandoned)
* Elvedgaard Charterhouse,
Søndersø
Søndersø is a town in central Denmark with a population of 3,319 (1 January 2022), located in Nordfyn municipality on the island of Funen.
Business
The town is home to the following companies:
* KiMs
* Heljan A/S
* Tinby A/S
* MT Miljøtekni ...
, island of
Fyn
Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as ...
(proposed 1475; not proceeded with because of insufficient endowment, and founded instead as a hospital of the
Order of the Holy Ghost
The order of the Holy Ghost (also known as Hospitallers of the Holy Spirit) is a Roman Catholic religious order. It was founded in 1180 in Montpellier by Gui of Montpellier, the son of William VII of Montpellier, for the care of the sick by group ...
Mariagerfjord
Mariagerfjord is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.63 km² (2011) and a has a population of 42,093 (2014).
On 1 January 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality was created as the r ...
(Benedictine monks; Carthusian foundation here proposed c. 1428–30, but formally abandoned for lack of funds in 1446. The project was for a time under the management of the
Bishop of Aarhus
The former Diocese of Aarhus ( da, Aarhus Stift) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Denmark, founded in the 10th century and dissolved during the Protestant Reformation. The diocese included the counties of Aarhus and Randers, the islands of Sams ...
, and the proposed charterhouse here was also sometimes referred to as Aarhus Charterhouse).
France
*
La Grande Chartreuse
Grande Chartreuse () is the head monastery of the Carthusian religious order. It is located in the Chartreuse Mountains, north of the city of Grenoble, in the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse (Isère), France.
History
Originally, the ch ...
,
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse () is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
It is located in the Chartreuse Mountains, to the north of the city of Grenoble. The Grande Chartreuse, the head m ...
near
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
, image size =
, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
(Isère), mother house of the Carthusian Order (extant since 1084: 1084–1792, 1816–1903, 1940– )
* Abbeville Charterhouse, also Thuison Charterhouse or Val-Saint-Honoré Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Saint-Honoré de Thuison-lès-Abbeville'', ''Chartreuse Val-Saint-Honoré''),
Abbeville
Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of ...
(Somme) (1300–1791)
* Aillon Charterhouse, also Mont-Sainte-Marie Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame d'Aillon'', ''Chartreuse Mont-Sainte-Marie''), in Aillon-le-Jeune, Le Châtelard, (Savoie) (1178–1793)
* Aix Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Sainte-Marthe d'Aix'') in
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
Lochieu
Lochieu () is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Arvière-en-Valromey.
Auray
Auray (; br, An Alre, or simply ) is a commune in the Morbihan department, administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France.
Inhabitants of Auray are called ''Alréens'' (French) and ''Alreiz'' (Breton).
Geography
The city is surrounde ...
,
Brech
Brech (; br, Brec'h, ) is a commune in the Morbihan department, region of Brittany, northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Brec'h are called in French ''Brechois''.
Breton language
In 2008, 19.56% of primary-school children attended ...
, (Morbihan) (1480–1791; built as a men's collegiate foundation soon after 1364; bought in 1810 by two priests for a school for deaf mutes)
* Basseville Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame du Val-Saint-Jean, Basseville'') in Pousseaux (Nièvre) (1328–1791)
* Bellary Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de l'Annonciation de la Sainte-Vierge''),
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
Demographics
On 1 January 2019, the estimated population was 499.
See also
* Communes of the Nièvre department
*Mancini family
The House of Mancini was ...
,
Donzy
Donzy is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. It is notable for having mirrored the national voting pattern at every election since 1981.
Demographics
See also
*Communes of the Nièvre department
The following is a list o ...
(Nièvre) (1209–1791)
* ''Bellevue Charterhouse, Beauvoir Charterhouse or Belvezer Charterhouse, see Saïx''
* Bonlieu Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bonlieu''), Bonlieu,
Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux
Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux () is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Jura department
The following is a list of the 494 communes of the Jura d ...
(Jura) (1171–1791)
* Bonnefoy Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bonnefoy'') in
Le Béage
Le Béage (; oc, Lo Biatge) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Béageais'' or ''Béageaises''.
Geography
Le Béage is located some 30& ...
(Ardèche) (1156–1791)
* Bonpas Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bonpas'' or ''Bompas''),
Caumont-sur-Durance
Caumont-sur-Durance (, literally ''Caumont on Durance''; oc, Caumont de Durença) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. In 2017, it had a population of 4,885.
Geography
The rive ...
(Vaucluse) (1318–1792; previously a house of the
Knights Hospitallers
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...
from 1281)
* Bordeaux Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Miséricorde''),
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...
(Gironde) (1383–1460; 1605–1790)
* Bosserville Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de l'Immaculée Conception, Bosserville''), Art-sur-Meurthe (Meurthe-et-Moselle) (1666–1792; noviciate house 1835–1901; exiled to Saxon 1901 and moved to Pleterje in 1903)
* Bourbon-lès-Gaillon Charterhouse or Aubevoye Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de Bourbon-lès-Gaillon'', ''Chartreuse d'Aubevoye'', ''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance''),
Aubevoye
Aubevoye () is a former commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Le Val-d'Hazey.Gaillon
Gaillon () is a commune in the Eure department in northern France.
History
The origins of Gaillon are not really known. In 892, Rollo, a Viking chief, might have ravaged Gaillon and the region, before he became the first prince of the Normans an ...
(Eure) (1572–1791)
* Bourgfontaine Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Fontaine-Notre-Dame de Bourgfontaine''), Pisseleux,
Villers-Cotterêts
Villers-Cotterêts () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France, France. It is notable as the signing-place in 1539 of the '' Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts'' discontinuing the use of Latin in official French documents, and as ...
(Aisne) (1325–1792)
* La Boutillerie Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de la Boutillerie'', ''Chartreuse Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs''),
Fleurbaix
Fleurbaix (; vls, Vloerbeek) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
A farming village some northeast of Béthune and west of Lille, at the junction of the D176 and the D171 roads, at ...
(Pas-de-Calais) (1618–1792)
* Bouvante Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de Bouvante'', ''Chartreuse du Val-Sainte-Marie''),
Bouvante
Bouvante () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Drôme department
*Parc naturel régional du Vercors
The Vercors Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional du Ver ...
(Drôme) (1144–1791)
* ''Bugey, see Saint-Sulpice''
* Cahors Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame-du-Temple de Cahors''),
Cahors
Cahors (; oc, Caors ) is a commune in the western part of Southern France. It is the smallest prefecture among the 13 departments that constitute the Occitanie Region. The main city of the Lot department and the historical center of the Quer ...
(Lot) (1328–1791)
* ''Carcassonne, see La Loubatiere''
* Chalais Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Chalais''),
Voreppe
Voreppe () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).Champmol Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de la Sainte-Trinité de Champmol''),
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earlies ...
(Côte-d'Or) (1383–1791)
* ''La Correrie, see La Grande Chartreuse''
* Currières Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Currières''),
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse () is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
It is located in the Chartreuse Mountains, to the north of the city of Grenoble. The Grande Chartreuse, the head m ...
(Isère) (1296–1791; acted as the infirmary for the nearby Grande Chartreuse)
* Douai Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Saints-Joseph-et-Morand''),
Douai
Douai (, , ,; pcd, Doï; nl, Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some from Lille and from Arras, D ...
(Nord) (1654–1791)
* Durbon Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre Dame de Durbon''), Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne (Hautes-Alpes) (monks 1116–1791; nuns, originally from Bertaud, occupied the dependencies 1446–1601)
* Les Écouges Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame-des-Surveillants des Écouges''), Saint-Gervais, Vinay (Isère) (1116–1422)
* Fontenay Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Fontenay''),
Beaune
Beaune () is the wine capital of Burgundy in the Côte d'Or department in eastern France. It is located between Lyon and Dijon. Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France, and the center of Burgundy wine production and business. The annua ...
(Côte-d'Or) (1328–1791)
* Fourvoirie in
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It was the site of the Club Cinq-Sept fire, which killed 146, in 1970.
Population
Economy
There is a large cement works at Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, unusua ...
, the order's distillery of
chartreuse
Chartreuse () may refer to:
Food and drink
* Chartreuse (liqueur), a French liqueur
* Chartreuse (dish), a French dish of vegetables or meat tightly wrapped in vegetable leaves and cooked in a mould
Religion
* Carthusians, a Catholic religi ...
: built 1860; moved to Tarragona 1903, returned 1933; destroyed by a landslide in 1935, and re-established at
Voiron
Voiron (; frp, Vouèron) is a commune (French municipality) in the ninth district of the Isère department in southeastern France. It is the capital of the canton of Voiron and has been part of the Grenoble-Alpes Métropole since 2010. Voiron i ...
, where it remains)
* Le Glandier Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame du Glandier''), Beyssac (Corrèze) (1219–1791; 1869–1901)
* ''Gosnay, see Val Saint-Esprit''
* Isles Charterhouse (''Chartreuse d'Isles''), near
Troyes
Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...
(possibly Isle Aumont) (1325–1428; moved to Troyes (La Prée))
* Koenigshoffen Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Mont-Sainte-Marie de Koenigshoffen''), Koenigshoffen, a district of
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
(Bas-Rhin) (1355–1591; destroyed by Protestants; the community settled at Molsheim)
* Largentière Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre Dame de la Pré'' or ''de la Prée''),
Troyes
Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...
(Aube) (1325–1428 in Troyes (''Isles'' or Isle Aumont), 1428–1620 in Troyes (La Prée), 1620–1792 in Troyes (Largentière))
* Le Liget Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame et Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Liget''), Chemillé-sur-Indrois (Indre-et-Loire) (1178–1791)
* La Loubatière Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de la Loubatière'', ''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Beaulieu''),
Lacombe Lacombe may refer to:
Places
* Lacombe, Alberta, Canada
* Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada
* Lacombe, Louisiana, United States
* Lacombe, Aude, France
People
* Albert Lacombe (1827–1916), oblate missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot
* Bernard Lac ...
(Aude)(1320–1427)
* Lugny Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Lugny''),
Leuglay
Leuglay () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France.
The communes cooper ...
(Côte-d’Or) (1170–1791)
* Lyon Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame-du-Lys-du-Saint-Esprit de Lyon''),
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
(Rhône) (1584–1791; between 1810 and 1901 the buildings accommodated the diocesan missionary society, known as the ''Société des Chartreux de Lyon'')
* ''Macourt, see Valenciennes''
* Maillard Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Maillard''),
Amillis
Amillis is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Geography
The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the Aubetin, which flows northwestward through the commune. ...
(Seine-et-Marne) (1504–1509)
* Marienfloss Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de Marienfloss''), Marienfloss near
Sierck
Sierck-les-Bains (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Siirk''/''Siirck'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Localities of the commune: Rudling, Kœnigsberg (German: Rudlingen, Königsberg)
Language Revitalizatio ...
(Moselle) (1415–1431)
* ''Marly, see Valenciennes''
* Marseille Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Marseille''),
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
(Bouches-du-Rhône) (1633–1791)
* Meyriat Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de Meyriat''), Vieu-d'Izenave (Ain) (1116–1792)
* Molsheim Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Molsheim''),
Molsheim
Molsheim () is a commune and a subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
(Bas-Rhin) (1600–1792; settled by the displaced community of Koenigshoffen). Now a museum: Musée de la Chartreuse
* Mont-Dieu Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame du Mont-Dieu''),
Le Mont-Dieu
Le Mont-Dieu () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ardennes department
The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France.
The communes coope ...
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Raucourt
Raucourt () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
The following is a list of the 591 communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of France.
Th ...
Lescheroux
Lescheroux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Geography
The Sâne Vive has its source in the commune; it crosses the village and forms part of the commune's northern border.
The Sâne Morte forms part of the commune's n ...
Montreuil-sur-Mer
Montreuil (; also nl, Monsterole), also known as Montreuil-sur-Mer (; pcd, Montreu-su-Mér or , literally ''Montreuil on Sea''), is a sub-prefecture in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It is located on the Canche river, not far fr ...
(Pas-de-Calais) (1323–1791; 1870–1901, when exiled to Parkminster; buildings now occupied by the ''Famille monastique de Bethléem'')
* Montrieux Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Montrieux''), Méounes-lès-Montrieux (Var) (extant) (1117–1790, 1861–1901, and 1929– )
* Mortemart Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de Mortemart''),
Mortemart
Mortemart (; oc, Mòrtamar) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in west-central France.
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Vienne department
Ref ...
, Mézières-sur-Issoire (Haute-Vienne) (1335–1413; thereafter Augustinians)
* Mougères Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Mougères''), Caux (Hérault) (1825–1901, 1936–1977; thereafter Dominicans)
* Moulins Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Saint-Joseph de Moulins'') in Moulins (Allier) (1623–1790)
* Nancy Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Sainte-Anne de Nancy''),
Laxou
Laxou () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. It is a suburb, adjacent to the west of Nancy.
2002 125cc motorcycle world champion Arnaud Vincent was born here.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Meurt ...
, Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) (1632–1666; transferred to Bosserville)
* Nantes Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Saints-Donatien-et-Rogatien de Nantes'') in
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
Noyon
Noyon (; pcd, Noéyon; la, Noviomagus Veromanduorum, Noviomagus of the Veromandui, then ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department, northern France.
Geography
Noyon lies on the river Oise (river), Oise, a ...
Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans" (US) and Saint-Denis-d'Orques (Sarthe) (1236–1791)
* ''Paris, see Vauvert''
* ''Passel, see Noyon''
* Petit Quevilly,
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
(Seine-Maritime):
** ''Chartreuse Notre Dame de la Rose'' (1384–1682; transferred to St. Julien)
** ''Chartreuse Saint Julien'' (1667–1791; leper hospital from before 1183; Benedictine monks from 1600; Carthusians from 1667)
* Pierre-Châtel Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Pierre-Châtel''), Virignin (Ain) (1384–1791)
* ''Le Pin, see La Sylve-Bénite''
* Pomier Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de Pomier''), Pomier, Présilly (Haute-Savoie) (1170–1793)
* Port-Sainte-Marie Charterhouse (''Chartreuse du Port-Sainte-Marie''), Chapdes-Beaufort,
Pontgibaud
Pontgibaud () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme départment in Auvergne in central France.
It is located in the Massif Central region of France on the banks of the river Sioule. The area around the town was historically known for silver and lead ...
(Puy-de-Dôme) (1219–1792)
*
Portes Charterhouse Portes may refer to:
Places France
* Antheuil-Portes, in the Oise ''department''
* Les Portes-en-Ré, in the Charente-Maritime ''département''
* Portes-en-Valdaine, in the Drôme ''département''
* Portes, Eure, in the Eure ''département''
* ...
(''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Portes''),
Bénonces
Bénonces () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Geography Climate
Bénonces has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb'') closely bordering on a humid continental climate (''Dfb''). The average annual tem ...
(Ain) (extant; 1115–1791; 1855–1901 (exiled to Saxon); 1971–today)
* La Prée (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de la Prée''),
Troyes
Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...
(1325–1428 in Isles, 1428–1620 in Troyes (La Prée), 1620–1792 in Troyes (Largentière))
* Le Puy Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Charensac''),
Brives-Charensac
Brives-Charensac (; oc, Briva e Charensac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Loire department
The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Haute-Loire depa ...
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Le Puy-en-Velay
Le Puy-en-Velay (, literally ''Le Puy in Velay''; oc, Lo Puèi de Velai ) is the prefecture of the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France.
Located near the river Loire, the city is famous for its ca ...
(Haute-Loire) (1628–1791)
* Le Reposoir Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame du Reposoir''), Le Reposoir (Haute-Savoie) (1151–1793, 1846–1855, 1860–1901; exiled to Loèche; Carmelites since 1932)
* Rettel Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Saint-Sixte de Rettel''), Rettel,
Sierck
Sierck-les-Bains (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Siirk''/''Siirck'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Localities of the commune: Rudling, Kœnigsberg (German: Rudlingen, Königsberg)
Language Revitalizatio ...
(Moselle) (1431–1792)
* Ripaille Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Saints-Maurice-et-Lazare et Annonciade de Ripaille''),
Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains (; frp, Tonon), often simply referred to as Thonon, is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 35,241. Thonon-les-Bains is ...
Rodez
Rodez ( or ; oc, Rodés, ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the ...
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Aveyron
Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants o ...
(1511–1791)
* Romans Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de Romans''),
Romans
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
(Drôme) (1791–1813; the monks of Val-Sainte-Marie, Bouvantes, took refuge here during the Revolution)
* Saint-Sulpice Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Saint-Sulpice en Bugey''),
Thézillieu
Thézillieu () is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Plateau d'Hauteville.
Bruges
Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the countr ...
(1348–1783; in Bruges from 1580)
France
* La Bastide-Saint-Pierre Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Saints-Coeurs-de-Jésus-et-Marie''), Labastide-Saint-Pierre (Tarn-et-Garonne) (1854–1903; exiled to Riva, later moved to Pinerolo)
* Beauregard Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Sainte-Croix de Beauregard''), Coublevie (Isère) (1821/22–1978; founded by survivors of the pre-revolutionary community of Prémol; moved 1978 to Reillanne)
* Bertaud Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bertaud'' or ''Notre-Dame d'Aurouse''), Rabou (Hautes-Alpes) (1188–1446, then moved to Durbon)
* La Celle-Roubaud Charterhouse, also known as Sainte-Roseline Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Sainte-Roseline de la Celle-Roubaud''), Les Arcs, Var, Les Arcs (Var) (previously Benedictine nuns; 1260–1499 Carthusian nuns; from 1504, Franciscans)
* Durbon Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre Dame de Durbon''), Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne (Hautes-Alpes) (monks 1116–1791; nuns, originally from Bertaud, occupied the dependencies 1446–1601)
* Eymeu Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Eymeu Bonlieu'') in Romans-sur-Isère (Isère) (1300–1309; thereafter Benedictines)
* Le Gard Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame du Gard''), Belloy-sur-Somme (Somme) (Cistercians 1137–1792; Carthusian nuns 1871–1906; exiled to Burdinne, resettled at Nonenque 1928)
* ''Gigondas, see Prébayon and Saint-André''
* Mélan Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Mélan''), Taninges (Haute-Savoie) (1283–1793; women's collegiate foundation 1803–1906)
* Mont Sainte-Marie Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Mont Sainte-Marie de Gosnay''), Gosnay, Béthune (Pas-de-Calais) (1329–1792) (double monastery with Val Saint-Esprit in Gosnay)
* Nonenque Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame du Précieux Sang de Nonenque''), Marnhagues-et-Latour (Aveyron) (extant; Cistercians 1139–1791; 1927 onwards, Carthusian nuns of the community at Burdinne formerly exiled from Le Gard)
* Parménie Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de Parménie'', ''Chartreuse du Val-Croissant au Mont de Sainte-Marie''), Beaucroissant (Isère) (1257–1391, then transferred to Les Écouges)
* Poleteins Charterhouse (cell) (''Chartreuse de la Bienheureuse Marie de Poleteins'') in Mionnay (Ain) (c. 1245–1605, when the sole remaining nun was transferred to Salettes and the endowment to Lyon)
* Prébayon Charterhouse, later Saint-André-de-Ramières Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de Prébayon'', later known as ''Chartreuse Saint-André-de-Ramières''), Gigondas, Beaumes-de-Venise (Vaucluse) (founded c. 611 as a nunnery under the Rule of Caesarius of Arles; moved site c. 962 to Saint-André-de-Ramières but retained the name of Prébayon until c. 1227; became Carthusian c. 1155; expelled from the Order in 1336 but continued Carthusian practice as an independent house; suppressed in 1734)
* Prémol Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Prémol''), Vaulnaveys-le-Haut (Isère) (1234–1792; survivors of this community founded Beauregard in 1821)
* Reillanne Charterhouse (''Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Reillanne''), Reillanne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) (extant; founded 1978 as a new home for the community of Beauregard)
* ''Roubaud, see La Celle-Roubaud''
* ''Saint-André-de-Ramières, see Prébayon''
* ''Sainte-Rosaline, see La Celle-Roubaud''
* Salettes Charterhouse (''Chartreuse de la Salle [or Cour] de Notre-Dame de Salettes''), La Balme-les-Grottes, Crémieu (Isère) (1299–1792)
Italy
* Belmonte di Busca Charterhouse (''Certosa Belmonte di Busca''), Busca, Piedmont, Busca near Cuneo (c.1274–c.1285)
* Bricherasio Charterhouse or Molare di Bricherasio Charterhouse (''Certosa di Bricherasio'' or ''di Molare di Bricherasio''), Bricherasio (c.1277–1303; apparently governed together with Buonluogo; became Cistercian in 1303)
* Buonluogo Charterhouse (''Certosa di Santa Maria di Buonluogo''), Pinerolo (1223–1303; became Cistercian in 1303)
* Dego Charterhouse (''Certosa della Trinità''), Dego, Liguria, Dego (extant since 1994; settled by community from San Francesco)
* ''Motta Grossa, see Riva''
* Riva Charterhouse (''Certosa di Riva'', formerly ''Certosa di Motta Grossa''), castle of Motta Grossa, Riva di Pinerolo (Turin) (1903–1998; house of refuge for the exiled French community of La-Bastide-Saint-Pierre; became an autonomous charterhouse in 1936; name changed from Motta Grossa to Riva in 1971; community moved to Vedana in 1998)
* San Francesco Charterhouse (''Certosa di San Antonio di Padova''), Giaveno (Turin) (1904–1994; former Franciscan convent; house of refuge for the exiled French community from Beauregard; autonomous charterhouse from 1912; moved to Dego 1994)
* Vedana Charterhouse (''Certosa di Vedana''), Sospirolo (1456–1977 as monastery; when the monks left in 1977, nuns from San Francesco moved here, and after they moved to Dego in 1998, were replaced by nuns from Riva; the nuns had left by 2018, when the premises were occupied by a community of nuns of the Perpetual Adoration of the SacramentIl Gazzettino (Belluno): ''Le monache della clausura fanno rivivere l'antico certosa'' (Egidio Pasuch) 26 February 2018 )
Republic of Korea
* Charterhouse of the Annunciation, Boeun (extant since 2002)
Spain
* Santa Maria de Benifassà, La Pobla de Benifassà near Vinaròs (Castellón) (extant since 1967; established in the premises of the former Cistercian Benifasar Abbey (1233–1835)
* Murviedro Charterhouse (''Cartuja del Espíritu Santo di Murviedro''), Murviedro (now Sagunto) (Valencia) (c.1389-c.1610)
See also
* List of sites of the Dominican Order
* List of Jesuit sites
References
Further reading
*Aniel, Jean-Pierre, 1983: ''Les maisons de Chartreux des origines à la chartreuse de Pavie''. Arts et métiers graphiques: Paris, 1983
*''Nouvelle bibliographie cartusienne''. Grande-Chartreuse, 2006.