In French-speaking countries, a hôtel-Dieu () was originally a hospital for the poor and needy, run by the

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. Nowadays these buildings or institutions have either kept their function as a hospital, the one in Paris being the oldest and most renowned, or have been converted into hotels, museums, or general purpose buildings (for instance housing a préfecture, the administrative head office of a French department). Therefore, as a secondary meaning, the term hôtel-Dieu can also refer to the building itself, even if it no longer houses a hospital. Hospices de Beaune

Examples include: ;Belgium * Notre Dame à la Rose, founded in 1242 ;France *Hôtel-Dieu d'Angers, founded in 1153 * Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune, founded in 1443 * Hôtel-Dieu of Carpentras, built in 1754 *Hôtel-Dieu of Château-Thierry, founded in 1304 *Hôtel-Dieu of Cluny, built in the 17th and 18th century * Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon, created in 1478 *Hôtel-Dieu of

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, completed in 1508 * Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, founded in 650 *Hôtel-Dieu of Reims *Hôtel-Dieu de Tonnerre, founded in 1293 *Hôtel-Dieu Neuf de la Trinité of Thiers, later part of Thiers old hospital. ;Canada * Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec * Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec *Hôtel-Dieu de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Sherbrooke, Quebec * Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital, Windsor, Ontario * Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston, Ontario), Kingston, Ontario * Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario ;United States * University Hospital, New Orleans, previously known as Hôtel-Dieu * Hotel Dieu Hospital, Beaumont, Texas, founded in 1896 and consolidated with Saint Elizabeth's Hospital in 1970 *Hotel Dieu Hospital, El Paso, Texas, founded in 1893 and permanently closed in 1987 ;Lebanon * Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon, a private hospital owned by the French state

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