List of Christian monasteries in Belgium

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Achel Abbey (Sint-Benedictusabdij van Achel, de Achelse Kluis or Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-La-Trappe-van-de-Heilige-Benedictus) (extant), part in Hamont-Achel, Limburg, Belgium, and part in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands: Trappist monks

Affligem (Flemish Brabant):

Affligem Abbey (Abdij van Affligem) (extant) at Hekelgem: Benedictine monks

Saints Mary and Wivina's Abbey, Affligem (dissolved) (Abdij Maria Mediatrix en Sant Wivina): Benedictine nuns

Aldeneik Abbey (Abdij van Aldeneik) at Aldeneik, Maaseik, Limburg: Benedictine nuns, later canons regular

Amay, former commune of Jehay (Liège):

Amay Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Dieu d'Amay) (dissolved): Cistercian nuns (1244-1797)

Amay Priory (Prieuré d'Amay), founded in the former premises of Amay Abbey above, and later moved to form Chevetogne Abbey: Benedictine monks. The premises now accommodate the Centre de perfectionnement aux métiers du patrimoine and the Maison du tourisme Hesbaye et Meuse

Andenne Abbey (Abbaye d'Andenne) at Andenne (Namur): Benedictine double abbey, later secular canonesses

Antwerp:

Antwerp Charterhouse: Carthusians

St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp: Premonstratensians

St. Saviour's Abbey, Antwerp (Abdij SintSalvator Antwerpen): Cistercian monks

Argenton Abbey (Abbaye d'Argenton) at Lonzée, Gembloux (Namur): Cistercian nuns

Assebroek, see Steenbrugge

Ath Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Refuge d'Ath) at Ath (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns

Aubechies Abbey (Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité et de Saint-Géry d'Aubechies) at Aubechies (Hainaut): Benedictine monks

Aulne Abbey (Abbaye d'Aulne) at Gozée (Hainaut): Benedictine monks, then secular clergy, then Augustinian canons, then Cistercian monks

Averbode Abbey (Abdij van Averbode) (extant) at Averbode, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians

Aywiers Abbey or Aywières Abbey (Abbaye d'Aywiers or d'Aywières), founded at Awirs but moved to Couture-Saint-Germain, Lasne (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns

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Baudelo Abbey (Abdij van Baudelo or Baudeloo) at Klein-Sinaai (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

Beaupré Abbey (Abdij van Beaupré) at Grimminge (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

Beaurepart Abbey (Abbaye du Beaurepart) in Liège: Premonstratensians

Ter Beeck Abbey (Abdij Ter Beeck) at Halle-Booienhoven, Zoutleeuw, Flemish Brabant: Cistercian nuns

Béguinages (Begijnhoven) at:

Antwerp, Bruges, Dendermonde, Diest, Ghent (Old Saint Elisabeth, New Saint Elisabeth in Sint-Amandsberg and Our Lady Ter Hooyen) Hoogstraten, Lier, Leuven (Large and Small), Mechelen (Large and Small) Kortrijk, Sint-Truiden, Turnhout and Tongeren

Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden (extant) at Bonheiden (Antwerp): Benedictine nuns

Bijloke Abbey, also Byloque Abbey (Abdij van der Bijloke or Abbaye de la Byloque) at Ghent (East Flanders): Cistercian monks

Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Abbey (Abbaye de Bois-Seigneur-Isaac) at Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant: Premonstratensians

Boneffe Abbey (Abbaye de Boneffe) at Éghezée (Namur): Cistercian nuns, then Cistercian monks (from 1461)

Bonheiden Abbey, see Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden

Bonne-Espérance Abbey (Abbaye de Bonne-Espérance) at Vellereille-les-Brayeux, Estinnes (Hainaut): Premonstratensians

Bornem, see St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem

Braschaat Abbey (Abdij SintMichiel Braschaat) at Braschaat (Antwerp): Premonstratensians

Brecht Abbey or Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, Brecht (Abdij van Onze Vrouwe van Nazareth) (refoundation of the earlier house at Lier) at Brecht (Antwerp): Trappist nuns

Brialmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Brialmont) (extant), in the former Château de Brialmont, Tilff (Liège): Trappist nuns

Brogne Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Gérard-de-Brogne) at Saint-Gérard (Namur): Benedictine monks (founded 919)

Bruges (West Flanders):

Augustinian Priory, Bruges (Augustijnenklooster, Brugge): Augustinian canons

Eekhout Abbey (Eekhoutabdij, Sint-Bartholomeusabdij): Augustinian canons

St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges (Abdij Sint-Andries Brugge), now St. Andrew's Abbey, Zevenkerken: Benedictine monks

St. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges (St. Godelieveabdij, Brugge): Benedictine nuns

St. Trudo's Abbey, Bruges (Sint-Trudoabdij, Brugge), originally in Bruges, then Male, now back in Bruges: Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre

Ten Wijngaerde Béguinage (Begijnhof Ten Wijngaerde): Beguines; from 1927 a priory of Benedictine nuns, as the Monasterium De Wijngaard

Brussels:

Coudenberg Abbey (Abbaye du Coudenberg, Abbaye Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg; Abdij Sint-Jacob op de Koudenberg) in Brussels: Augustinian canons

English Ladies, Brussels (Abbaye des Dames anglaises de Bruxelles): English Benedictine nuns in exile

Jericho Priory (Klooster Jericho, Klooster Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Rosen gheplant in Jericho) in Brussels: Canonesses Regular

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La Cambre Abbey (Abbaye de la Cambre or Abdij Ter Kameren) at Ixelles, Brussels: Cistercian nuns

Cambron Abbey (Abbaye de Cambron-Casteau) at Brugelette (Hainaut): Cistercian monks

Celles Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Hadelin de Celles-sur-Lesse) at Celles, Houyet (Namur): either Benedictine monks, or a men's collegiate foundation

Chercq Charterhouse (Chartreuse de Chercq) (dissolved) at Chercq near Tournai (Hainaut): Carthusians

Chevetogne Abbey (Abbaye de Chevetogne) at Ciney (Namur): Benedictine monks of both Latin and Byzantine rites

Chimay (Hainaut):

St. Monegonde's Abbey, Chimay (Abbaye Sainte-Monégonde de Chimay) (dissolved): Benedictine monks

Sts. Peter and Paul's Abbey, Chimay: men's collegiate foundation

Our Lady of Peace Abbey, Chimay (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Paix de Chimay): Cistercian nuns, from 1919

see also Scourmont Abbey

Clairefontaine Abbey (Abbaye de Clairefontaine) near Arlon (Luxembourg): Trappist nuns

Cornillon Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-Cornillon) in Liège: Premonstratensian double house

Cortenberg, see Kortenberg

Coudenberg Abbey, see Brussels

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Dendermonde Abbey or Saints Peter and Paul's Abbey, Dendermonde (Sint Pieters-en-Paulusabdij, Dendermonde) at Dendermonde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks

Dieleghem Abbey (Abbaye de Dieleghem) at Dielegem in Jette (Brussels): Augustinian Canons 1095-1140, thereafter Premonstratensians

Dikkelvenne Abbey (Abdij van Dikkelvenne), moved to Geraardsbergen in 1081, at Dikkelvenne, Gavere (East Flanders): Benedictine monks

Ter Doest Abbey (Abdij Ter Doest) at Lissewege, Bruges (West Flanders): Cistercian monks

Doornzele Abbey (Abdij van Doornzele) at Evergem (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

Drongen Abbey (Abdij van Drongen) at Drongen, Gent (East Flanders): Premonstratensians

Ten Duinen Abbey (Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ten Duinen or Abdij Ten Duinen; Abbaye des Dunes) at Koksijde (West Flanders): Cistercian monks

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Eekhout Abbey, see Bruges

Ename Abbey (Sint-Salvatorabdij) at Ename, Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks

Enghien Charterhouse (Chartreuse d'Enghien) at Enghien (Hainaut): Carthusian monks

Épinlieu Abbey (Abbaye d'Épinlieu) at Mons (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns

Ermeton Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ermeton-sur-Biert) at Ermeton-sur-Biert (Namur): Benedictine nuns There are ruins nearby of an earlier monastery, of which nothing is known

Eversam Abbey (Abdij van Eversam) at Stavele (West Flanders): Augustinian canons

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Flône Abbey (Abbaye de Flône) at Flône, Amay (Liège) - Augustinian canons

Floreffe Abbey (Abbaye de Floreffe) at Floreffe (Namur): Premonstratensians

Florennes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Florennes) at Florennes (Namur): Benedictine monks

Florival Abbey (Abbaye de Florival) at Archennes (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns

Forest Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Forest-lez-Bruxelles) at Forest-lez-Bruxelles (Brussels): Benedictine nuns

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Gembloux Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Exupère de Gembloux) at Gembloux (Namur): Benedictine monks

Geraardsbergen Abbey (Abdij van Geraardsbergen), previously at Dikkelvenne, at Geraardsbergen (East Flanders): Benedictine monks

Géronsart Abbey (Abbaye de Géronsart) at Jambes (Namur): Augustinian canons

Ghent, East Flanders:

St. Bavo's Abbey, Ghent (Sint-Baafsabdij, Gent): Benedictine monks

English Ladies, Ghent (Abbaye des Dames anglaises): English Benedictine nuns in exile

St. Peter's Abbey, Ghent (Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent): Benedictine monks

Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Rijke Gasthuis: Benedictine nuns

Ghislenghien Abbey (Abbaye du Val des Vierges de Ghislenghien) at Ghislenghien (Hainaut): Benedictine nuns

Gistel, see Ten Putte

Groot-Bijgarden Abbey, also St. Wivina's Abbey (Abdij van Groot-Bijgaarden, also Sint-Wivina-abdij) at Groot-Bijgarden, Dilbeek (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine nuns

Grandpré Abbey (Abbaye de Grandpré) at Gesves (Namur): Cistercian monks

Grimbergen Abbey (Abdij van Grimbergen) at Grimbergen (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians

Groeninge Abbey (Abdij van Groeninge) at Kortrijk (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns

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Haaltert Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Géry de Haaltert) at Haaltert (East Flanders): Benedictine monks

Ter Hage Abbey (Abdij Ter Hage, Terhagen or Tenhagen) first at Axel in the Netherlands, later in Ghent: Cistercian nuns

Hasselt Priory (Augustijnenklooster Hasselt) at Hasselt (Limburg): Augustinian canons

Hastière Abbey (Abbaye d'Hastière) at Hastière (Namur): Benedictine monks

Hemelsdaele Abbey (Abdij van Hemelsdaele) at Hemelsdaele, Bruges (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns

Hemiksem, see St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem

Hérinnes Charterhouse (Chartreuse de la Chapelle à Hérinnes) at Hérinnes (Flemish Brabant): Carthusian monks

Herkenrode Abbey (Abdij van Herkenrode) at Herkenrode, Hasselt (formerly Kuringen) (Limburg): Cistercian nuns

Heylissem Abbey (Abdij van Heylissem) at Hélécine (Walloon Brabant): Premonstratensians

Hocht Abbey (Abdij van Hocht) at Lanaken (Limburg): Cistercian monks, then Cistercian nuns

Hurtebise Monastery (Monastère d'Hurtebise) at Saint-Hubert (Luxembourg): Benedictine nuns

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Le Jardinet Abbey (Abbaye du Jardinet) at Walcourt (Namur): Cistercian nuns to 1430, then Cistercian monks

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Klaarland Priory or Priory of Our Lady of Klaarland (Priorij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Klaarland) at Lozen, Bocholt (Limburg): Trappist nuns

Kortenberg Abbey (Abdij van Kortenberg) at Kortenberg (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine nuns

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Leffe Abbey (Abbaye de Leffe) (extant) at Leffe, Dinant (Namur): Premonstratensians

Leuven (Flemish Brabant):

Groot Begijnhof, Leuven

Keizersberg Abbey, also Mont César Abbey (Abdij van Keizersberg, Abdij Regina Coeli, Abbaye du Mont César) in Leuven: Benedictine monks

Park Abbey (Abdij van 't Park) at Heverlee, Leuven (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians

St. Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven: Augustinian Canonesses

St. Monica's, Leuven: Augustinian Canonesses

St. Michael's College, Leuven: Jesuits

Vlierbeek Abbey (Abbaye de Vlierbeek) at Kessel-Lo, Leuven (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine monks

Liège:

Abbey of the Peace of Our Lady, Liège (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Liège): Benedictine nuns

St. James' Abbey, Liège (Abbaye Saint-Jacques de Liège): Benedictine monks

St. Laurence's Abbey, Liège (Abbaye Saint-Laurent de Liège): Benedictine monks

Lier Abbey or Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, Lier (Abdij van Onze Vrouwe van Nazareth) (later refounded at Brecht: see Brecht Abbey) at Lier (Antwerp): Trappist nuns

Lier, see Hemiksem

Lieu-Saint-Bernard Abbey, otherwise Abbaye Saint-Bernard-sur-l'Escaut: see St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem

Lobbes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lobbes) (dissolved) at Lobbes, Hainaut: Benedictine monks

Louvain-la-Neuve, see St. Gertrude's Abbey

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Maagdendale Abbey (Abdij van Maagdendale) at Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

Maegdendael Abbey (Abdij van Maegdendael) at Oplinter (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns

Malmedy Abbey (Abbaye de Malmedy) at Malmedy (Liège): administered together with Stavelot Abbey as the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, Benedictine monks

Malonne Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Malonne) (dissolved) at Malonne (Namur): Benedictine monks

Marche-les-Dames Abbey (Abbaye de Marche-les-Dames or Abbaye de Notre-Dame du Vivier) at Marche-les-Dames (Namur): women's community of no known order until c. 1235, then Cistercian nuns to 1856; Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul to 1880, Ursulines to 1914, Carmelite sisters to 1973; non-religious boarding school to 1980; the Little Sisters of Bethlehem to 2000; now occupied by the lay community Madonna House

Maredret Abbey (Abbaye de Maredret) (extant) at Anhée (Namur): Benedictine nuns

Maredsous Abbey (Abbaye de Maredsous) (extant) at Denée (Namur): Benedictine monks

Menin Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Menin or Abbaye des Saints-Anges) at Menen (Menin) (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns

Merkem Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame de Merkem) at Merkem (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns

Mesen Abbey or Messines Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Messines) at Mesen (Messines) (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns

Mons Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Mons) at Mons (Hainaut): Benedictine nuns

Mont César Abbey (Abbaye du Mont César), see Leuven, Keizersberg Abbey

Mont Cornillon, see Cornillon Abbey

Mont-d'Or Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-d'Or) at Wevelgem (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns

Moorsel Abbey (Abbaye de Moorsel) at Moorsel, Aalst (East Flanders): Benedictine nuns

Moulins-Warnant Abbey (Abbaye de Moulins-Warnant) at Anhée (Namur): community of women (no known rule), then Cistercian nuns 1233-1414, then Cistercian monks

Munsterbilzen Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Amour de Munsterbilzen) at Munsterbilzen, Bilzen (Limburg): Benedictine nuns

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Namur Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Namur) at Namur: Cistercians

Nazareth, Our Lady of, see Brecht and Lier

Nieuwenbosch Abbey (Abdij Nieuwenbosch) at Heusden (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

Nieuwpoort Charterhouse (Kartuize Nieuwpoort), also known as Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse, at Nieuwpoort (West Flanders): English Carthusians in exile

Ninove Abbey (Abbaye de Ninove) at Ninove (East Flanders): Premonstratensians

Nivelles Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Gertrude de Nivelles) at Nivelles (Walloon Brabant): women's collegiate foundation

Nizelles Abbey (Abbaye de Nizelles) at Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian monks

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Abbaye de l'Olive at Morlanwelz (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns

Abdij van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Nieuwe Plant, see Ypres

Oost-Eekloo Abbey (Abdij van Oost-Eekloo) at Oosteeklo and later Ghent (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

Orienten Abbey (Abbaye d'Orienten) at Rummen (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns

Orval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Orval) (extant) at Villers-devant-Orval, Florenville (Luxembourg): Benedictine monks, then Canons Regular, then Cistercian monks, then Trappist monks

Oudenaarde Abbey (Abdji van Oudenaarde) at Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks

Oudenburg Abbey (Abdij van Oudenburg) at Oudenburg (West Flanders): Benedictine monks

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Parc-les-Dames Abbey (Abbaye de Parc-les-Dames) at Wezemaal (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns

Postel Abbey (Abdij van Postel) (extant) at Postel, Mol (Antwerp): Premonstratensians

Ten Putte Abbey (Abdij Ten Putte, also Sint-Godelieveabdij) (extant) at Gistel (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns

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Quévy Abbey (Abbaye de Quévy) at Quévy (Hainaut): Benedictine monks

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La Ramée Abbey (Abbaye de la Ramée) (extant) at Jauchelette, Jodoigne (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns

Robermont Abbey (Abbaye de Robermont) at Robermont (Liège): Cistercian nuns

Rochefort Abbey or St. Rémy's Abbey, Rochefort (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy) (extant) at Rochefort (Namur): Cistercian nuns to 1464, then Cistercian monks, then Trappist monks

Roesbrugge Abbey (Abdij van Roesbrugge) at Roesbrugge (West Flanders): Canonesses Regular (see also Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Nieuwe Plant, Ypres)

Roeulx Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Feuillien du Roeulx) at Le Roeulx (Hainaut): Premonstratensians

Ronse Abbey (Abdij van Ronse) at Ronse (East Flanders): Benedictine monks

Ten Roosen Abbey (Abdij Ten Roosen) at Aalst (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

Roosenberg Abbey (Abdij van Roosenberg) at Waasmunster (East Flanders): Canonesses Regular

Roosendael Abbey (Abdij van Roosendael) at Sint-Katelijne-Waver (Antwerp): Cistercian nuns

Rothem Abbey (Abdij van Rothem) at Haelen (Limburg): Cistercian nuns

Rouge-Cloître Abbey (Abbaye du Rouge-Cloître, Abbaye Saint-Paul en Soignes) in Averghem (south-eastern Brussels): Augustinian canons

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St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges, see Bruges

St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem (extant), formerly Bornem Abbey (Sint-Bernardusabdij, Bornem or Abdij van Bornem) at Bornem (Antwerp): Cistercian monks

St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem, also St. Bernard's Abbey on the Scheldt (Sint Bernaerdts op Scheldt or Sint Bernardusabdij) at Hemiksem (Antwerp) (moved to St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem, in 1836): Cistercian monks

Abbey of Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie (Abbaye de Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie) at Saint-Denis, Mons (Hainaut): Benedictine monks

St. Gertrude's Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Gertrude de Louvain-la-Neuve) at Louvain-la-Neuve: Benedictine nuns

see also St. Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven

Saint-Ghislain Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Ghislain or Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul de la Celle) at Saint-Ghislain (Hainaut): Benedictines

St. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges, see Bruges

St. Godelieve's Abbey, Gistel, see Ten Putte Abbey

Saint-Hubert Abbey (Abbaye Saint Pierre-Saint-Paul de Saint-Hubert) at Saint-Hubert (Luxembourg): Benedictine monks

St. Michael's Abbey, see Antwerp

Saint-Rémy Abbey, see Rochefort

St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren, see Westvleteren

Sint-Truiden (Limburg):

Sint-Truiden Abbey (Abdij van Sint-Truiden): Benedictine monks

St. Catherine's Abbey, Sint-Truiden (Abdij Sint-Katrien van Sint-Truiden): Benedictine nuns

Zeppern Charterhouse, see Zepperen

St. Trudo's Abbey, Bruges (Sint-Trudoabdij), formerly at Male, now back in Bruges, West Flanders: Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre

St. Wivina's Abbey, see Groot-Bijgarden

Salzinnes Abbey (Abbaye de Salzinnes) at Salzinnes (Namur): Cistercian nuns

Saulchoir Abbey (Abbaye du Saulchoir) at Kain in Tournai (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns

Scheut Charterhouse (Kartuizerkloster Scheut) at Anderlecht (Brussels): Carthusian monks

Scourmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont) (extant) at Forges, Chimay (Hainaut): Trappist monks

Sheen Anglorum, see Nieuwpoort Charterhouse

Sinnich Abbey (Abdij van Sinnich) near Teuven, Voeren (Limburg): Augustinian canonesses

Soleilmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Soleilmont) (extant) at Gilly (Hainaut): Trappist nuns

Solières Abbey (Abbaye de Solières) at Ben-Ahin (Liège): Cistercian nuns

Spermaillie Abbey (Abbaye de Spermaillie) at Bruges: Cistercian nuns

Stavelot Abbey (Abbaye de Stavelot) at Stavelot (Liège): together with Malmedy Abbey formed the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, Benedictine monks

Steenbrugge Abbey or St. Peter's Abbey, Steenbrugge (St-Pietersabdij Steenbrugge) (extant) in Assebroek, Bruges (West Flanders): Benedictine monks

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Tongerlo Abbey (Abdij van Tongerlo) (extant) at Tongerlo, Westerlo (Antwerp): Premonstratensians

Tongeren Abbey (Abdij van Tongeren) at Tongeren (Limburg): Benedictine monks

Tournai Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Martin de Tournai) at Tournai (Hainaut): Benedictine monks

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Val-Benoît Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Benoît) at Liège: Cistercian nuns

Val-du-Ciel Abbey (Abbaye de Val-du-Ciel) at Ophoven (Limburg): Cistercian nuns

Val-Dieu Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Dieu or Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val-Dieu; Abdij van Godsdal) at Aubel (Liège): Cistercian monks

Val-Notre-Dame Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Notre-Dame) at Antheit (Liège): Cistercian nuns

Val-Saint-Bernard Abbey (Abbaye du Val-Saint-Bernard) at Diest (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns

Val-Saint-Lambert Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Saint-Lambert) at Seraing (Liège): Cistercian monks

Abbaye du Val-Saint-Georges, Cistercians: see Salzinnes

Val des Vierges, see Ghislenghien Abbey

Valduc Abbey (Abbaye de Valduc) at Hamme-Mille, Beauvechain (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns

Vellereille-les-Brayeux, see Bonne-Esperance Abbey

La Vignette Abbey (Abbaye de la Vignette) at Leuven: Cistercian nuns

Villers-la-Ville Abbey (Abbaye de Villers-la-Ville) at Villers-la-Ville (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian monks

Vivegnis Abbey (Abbaye de Vivegnis) at Liège: Cistercian nuns

Vivier, Abbaye Notre-Dame du, see Marche-les-Dames Abbey

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Waulsort Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Waulsort) at Waulsort, Hastière (Namur): Benedictine monks

Wauthier-Braine Abbey (Abbaye de Wauthier-Braine) at Wauthier-Braine (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns

Wavreumont Abbey or St. Remaclus' Abbey, Wavreumont (Abbaye Saint Remacle de Wavreumont) at Wavreumont (Liège): Benedictine monks

Westmalle Abbey (Abdij van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig Hart van Westmalle) at Malle (Antwerp): Trappist monks

Westvleteren Abbey or St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtus-Abdij) (extant) at Westvleteren (West Flanders): Trappist monks

Ten Wijngaerde, see Bruges

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Ypres (West Flanders):

Irish Ladies (Abbaye des Dames irlandaises d'Ypres): Irish Benedictine nuns in exile

Abbey of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Nieuwe Plant (Roesbrugge Dames), formerly Roesbrugge Abbey: Canonesses Regular

St. John au Mont Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean-au-Mont d'Ypres): Benedictine monks

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Zelem Charterhouse at Zelem near Halen (Limburg): Carthusians

Zepperen Charterhouse (dissolved) at Zepperen, Sint-Truiden (Limburg): Carthusians

Zevenkerken, see St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges

Zonnebeke Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Zonnebeke) at Zonnebeke, Ypres (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns

Zwijveke Abbey (Abdij van Zwijveke) at Zwijveke, Dendermonde (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns