This is an incomplete list of synagogues , current or former Jewish houses of prayer, in France .
Name | Location | Built | Architectural style(s) | Status | Denomination | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amiens | Amiens, Somme | 2017 | Modernist | Active | Orthodox | [1] | |
Arcachon | Arcachon | 1879 | Active | Sephardi | [2] | ||
Beth Meir | Bastia, Corsica | 1934 | Vernacular | Active | Orthodox | [3] | |
Belfort | Belfort | 1857 | Byzantine Revival | Active | [4] | ||
Besançon | Besançon | 1870 | Moorish Revival | Active | [5] | ||
Great (Bordeaux) | Bordeaux | 1882 |
| Active | Sephardi | [6] | |
Caen | Caen, Normandy | 1966 | Active | [7] | |||
Guebwiller | Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin | 1872 | Romanesque Revival Byzantine Revival | Active | [8] | ||
Hochfelden | Hochfelden, Alsace | 1841 | Active | [9] | |||
Ingwiller | Ingwiller, Alsace | 1970 | Active | [10] | |||
Lille | Lille, Hauts-de-France | 1891 | Romanesque Revival Byzantine Revival | Active | [11] | ||
Great (Lyon) | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 1864 | Byzantine Revival | Active | Orthodox | [12] | |
Keren Or | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 2015 | Active | Reform | [13] | ||
Great (Marseille) | Marseille | 1864 |
| Active | Sephardi | [14] | |
Or Thora (maybe Or Torah) | Marseille | 1962 | Former; (now mosque) | [15] | |||
Neuilly | Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine | 1878 | Byzantine Revival | Active | Orthodox | [16] | |
Nice | Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 1886 | Byzantine Revival | Active | Orthodox | [17] | |
Rouen | Rouen, Normandy | 1950 | Active | Orthodox | [18] | ||
Saint-Avold | Saint-Avold, Grand Est | 1956 | Modernist | Active | [19] | ||
Sedan | Sedan, Ardennes | 1878 |
| Former; gallery | [20] | ||
du Quai Kléber | Strasbourg | 1898 | Romanesque Revival | Destroyed | |||
Traenheim | Traenheim | Active | |||||
Liberal Jewish Movement of France | Active | Reform | |||||
Versailles | Versailles, Île-de-France | 1886 | Romanesque Revival | Active | [21] | ||
Vesoul | Vesoul, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 1875 | Former | [22] |
Name | Arrondissement | Built | Architectural style(s) | Status | Denomination | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adath Shalom | XVe | 1989 | Active | Conservative; Masorti movement | [23] [24] | ||
Agoudas Hakehilos | IVe | 1914 | Art Nouveau | Active | Orthodox | [25] | |
Communauté Juive Libérale | XIe | 2006 | Active | Reform | [26] | ||
Don Isaac Abravanel | XIe | 1962 | Modernist | Active | Orthodox | [27] | |
Edmond J. Safra Synagogue | XVIIe | 2019 | Active | [28] | |||
Grand (Paris) | IXe | 1874 | Romanesque Revival Byzantine Revival | Active | Orthodox | [29] | |
Kehilat Gesher | XVIIe | 1993 | Active | Reform | [30] | ||
Montmartre | XVIIIe | 1939 | International | Active | Orthodox | [31] | |
de Nazareth | IIIe | 1852 | Moorish Revival | Active | Orthodox | [32] | |
des Tournelles | IVe | 1876 |
| Active | Orthodox | [33] | |
Union Libérale Israélite de France | XVIe | 1907 | Art Deco | Active | Reform | [34] |
The Agoudas Hakehilos Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 10 rue Pavée, in Le Marais quarter, in the IVe arrondissement of Paris, France. The synagogue is commonly referred to as the Pavée synagogue, rue Pavée synagogue, or Guimard synagogue, and was completed in 1914, designed by Hector Guimard in the Art Nouveau style. The congregation worships in the Ashzenazi rite, led by Rav Moredekhai Rottenberg, the son of the late Rav Haim Yaakov Rottenberg, known as the Rouv. The synagogue is open to the public.
The Sedan Synagogue is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 6, avenue de Verdun, Sedan, in the Ardennes department of the Grand Est region, in northern France. The synagogue was built by the Jewish community in 1878. Although the Jews were deported during World War II, the synagogue survived. The congregation used to worship in the Ashkenazi rite.
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Plumelec is a commune in the Morbihan department of the Brittany region, in north-western France.
The Synagogue of Besançon is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 23 Quai de Strasbourg, in the Battant area, near the old part of town, in the city of Besançon, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. The stone synagogue was built in 1869 and was inaugurated on 18 November.
}} The Grand Synagogue of Paris, generally known as Synagogue de la Victoire or Grande Synagogue de la Victoire, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 44, Rue de la Victoire, in the IXe arrondissement of Paris, France.
The Versailles Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 10, rue Albert Joly in Versailles in the Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region of France. Built between 1884 and 1886 by the architect Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, it was inaugurated in 1886, and is one of the oldest synagogues in the Île-de-France region. Mrs Furtado Heine provided significant financial support to the establishment of the synagogue.
The Synagogue of Neuilly is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 12 rue Ancelle, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, west of Paris, France. The synagogue was built in 1878. The congregation used to worship in the Ashkenazi rite; however is now Sephardi.
The Synagogue of Vesoul is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 11 rue du Moulin-des-Prés, in the city of Vesoul, in Haute-Saône department of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. Whilst active, the congregation worshipped in the Ashkenazi rite.
The Belfort Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 6, rue de l'As-de-Carreau, in the city center of Belfort, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.
The Nice Synagogue, also the Great Synagogue in Nice, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 7, rue Gustave Deloye in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. Designed by Paul Martin, the synagogue was built in 1885, and dedicated in 1886. It was listed as a monument historique on April 17, 2004. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.
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The synagogue of Guebwiller is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 7, rue de l'Ancien-Hôpital, in Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, France.
The Synagogue of Arcachon, also Synagogue Temple Osiris, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 36 Avenue Gambetta in Arcachon, Gironde, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The congregation, Communauté Juive du Bassin d’Arcachon(in French), worships in the Sephardic rite.
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The Hochfelden synagogue, is a Jewish synagogue and museum, located at 10–12 Général Koenig Square, in Hochfelden, in the departement of Bas-Rhin, in the Alsace region of France.
Lille Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 5, rue Auguste Angellie, in Lille, in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.
The Great Synagogue of Marseille is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Rue Breteuil in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille, France. The building was listed as a monument historique in 2007. The congregation worships in the Sephardi rite.
The Great Synagogue of Bordeaux is a Sephardic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 6 Rue du Grand Rabin Joseph Cohen, in Bordeaux, Gironde, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine région of France.
The Montmartre Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on the Rue Sainte-Isaure, in the XV111e arrondissement of Paris, France.