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]
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 [21]
Vesoul Vesoul, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 1875Former Vesoul - synagogue - facade vue du nord.JPG [22]

In Paris

Name Arrondissement BuiltArchitectural style(s)StatusDenominationImageNotes
Adath Shalom XVe 1989ActiveConservative;
Masorti movement
[23] [24]
Agoudas Hakehilos IVe 1914Art NouveauActiveOrthodox Paris-Marais-Synagoge-102-2017-gje.jpg [25]
Communauté Juive Libérale XIe 2006ActiveReform [26]
Don Isaac Abravanel XIe 1962ModernistActiveOrthodox Paris Synagogue Roquette 75.JPG [27]
Edmond J. Safra Synagogue XVIIe 2019Active Place de Jerusalem.jpg [28]
Grand (Paris) IXe 1874Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival
ActiveOrthodox Facade Synagogue Victoire Paris 2014.jpg [29]
Kehilat Gesher XVIIe 1993ActiveReform [30]
Montmartre XVIIIe 1939 International ActiveOrthodox Rue Sainte Isaure, Synagogue Montmartre, Paris 2015.jpg [31]
de Nazareth IIIe 1852Moorish RevivalActiveOrthodox Syna Nazareth.JPG [32]
des Tournelles IVe 1876
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
ActiveOrthodox Synagogue Tournelles - Paris IV (FR75) - 2021-05-25 - 2.jpg [33]
Union Libérale Israélite de France XVIe 1907 Art Deco ActiveReform Union liberale israelite de France, 24 rue Copernic, Paris 16.jpg [34]

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