List of synagogues in France

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This is an incomplete list of synagogues , current or former Jewish houses of prayer, in France .

NameLocationBuiltArchitectural style(s)StatusDenominationImageNotes
Amiens Amiens, Somme 2017 Modernist ActiveOrthodox Synagogue d'Amiens 11.jpg [1]
Arcachon Arcachon 1879Active Sephardi Synagogue-arcachon-Desbiey.jpg [2]
Beth Meir Bastia, Corsica 1934 Vernacular ActiveOrthodox Ingresso della sinagoga di Bastia.jpg [3]
Belfort Belfort 1857 Byzantine Revival Active 2011-09-06 14-09-55-synagogue-belfort.jpg [4]
Besançon Besançon 1870 Moorish Revival Active Synagogue Besancon.jpg [5]
Great (Bordeaux) Bordeaux 1882
ActiveSephardi Synagogue Bx 4.jpg [6]
Caen Caen, Normandy 1966Active Synagogue caen.jpg [7]
Guebwiller Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin 1872Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival
Active Guebwiller Synagogue 05.JPG [8]
Hochfelden Hochfelden, Alsace 1841Active Hochfelden Synagogue 2.JPG [9]
Ingwiller Ingwiller, Alsace 1970Active Ingwiller 01.JPG [10]
Lille Lille, Hauts-de-France 1891Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival
Active Lille synagogue ter.jpg [11]
Great (Lyon) Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 1864Byzantine RevivalActiveOrthodox Synagogue Lyon2 fr facade.JPG [12]
Keren Or Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes2015ActiveReform [13]
Great (Marseille) Marseille 1864
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
ActiveSephardi Marseille-synagogue.jpg [14]
Or Thora
(maybe Or Torah)
Marseille1962Former;
(now mosque)
[15]
Neuilly Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine 1878Byzantine RevivalActiveOrthodox Paris synagogue neuilly bis.JPG [16]
Nice Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 1886Byzantine RevivalActiveOrthodox Synagogue de Nice P1010540.JPG [17]
Rouen Rouen, Normandy 1950ActiveOrthodox Synagogue rue des Bons-Enfants.jpg [18]
Saint-Avold Saint-Avold, Grand Est 1956ModernistActive Synagogue Saint Avold.JPG [19]
Sedan Sedan, Ardennes 1878
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
Former;
gallery
Synagogue de Sedan.JPG [20]
Great Synagogue of Peace (Strasbourg)  [ fr ] Strasbourg 1958ModernistActive Strasbourg synagogue de la Paix fevrier 2014.jpg [21]
du Quai Kléber Strasbourg 1898Romanesque RevivalDestroyed Strasbourg synagogue quai Kleber vue elevation facade 1898-1940.jpg
Traenheim Traenheim Active
Liberal Jewish Movement of France ActiveReform
Versailles Versailles, Île-de-France 1886Romanesque RevivalActive Versailles Synagogue rue Joly.JPG [22]
Vesoul Vesoul, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 1875Former Vesoul - synagogue - facade vue du nord.JPG [23]

In Paris

Name Arrondissement BuiltArchitectural style(s)StatusDenominationImageNotes
Adath Shalom XVe 1989ActiveConservative;
Masorti movement
[24] [25]
Agoudas Hakehilos IVe 1914Art NouveauActiveOrthodox Paris-Marais-Synagoge-102-2017-gje.jpg [26]
Communauté Juive Libérale XIe 2006ActiveReform [27]
Don Isaac Abravanel XIe 1962ModernistActiveOrthodox Paris Synagogue Roquette 75.JPG [28]
Edmond J. Safra Synagogue XVIIe 2019Active Place de Jerusalem.jpg [29]
Grand (Paris) IXe 1874Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival
ActiveOrthodox Facade Synagogue Victoire Paris 2014.jpg [30]
Kehilat Gesher XVIIe 1993ActiveReform [31]
Montmartre XVIIIe 1939 International ActiveOrthodox Rue Sainte Isaure, Synagogue Montmartre, Paris 2015.jpg [32]
de Nazareth IIIe 1852Moorish RevivalActiveOrthodox Syna Nazareth.JPG [33]
des Tournelles IVe 1876
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
ActiveOrthodox Synagogue Tournelles - Paris IV (FR75) - 2021-05-25 - 2.jpg [34]
Union Libérale Israélite de France XVIe 1907 Art Deco ActiveReform Union liberale israelite de France, 24 rue Copernic, Paris 16.jpg [35]

References

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  2. Base Mérimée : Synagogue d'Arcachon , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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  6. "Bordeaux". The Cultural Guide to Jewish Europe. n.d. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
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  9. Base Mérimée : Synagogue de Hochfelden , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  10. Base Mérimée : Château puis synagogue , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  11. Base Mérimée : Synagogue , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  12. Base Mérimée : Synagogue , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  13. Toledano-Klein, Sarah (August 14, 2015). "La communauté juive libérale Keren Or s'installe aux Charpennes". Le Progrès (in French).
  14. Base Mérimée : Synagogue dite aussi le grand temple ou la grande synagogue , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  15. Arbaoui, Larbi (May 6, 2016). "Muslim Association Purchase Synagogue, Converts it to Mosque". Morocco World News. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  16. "Synagogue in Neuilly". Historic synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  17. Base Mérimée : Synagogue ou temple israélite , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  18. "Synagogue de Rouen - Eglises et patrimoine religieux de France". www.patrimoine-religieux.fr. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  19. "Post-war Synagogue in Saint-Avold". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  20. Base Mérimée : Synagogue , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  21. "Presentation of the Synagogue de la Paix". Consistoire Israélite du Bas-Rhin (in French). n.d. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  22. Base Mérimée : Synagogue , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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  33. Base Mérimée : Synagogue , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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