This is a list, as yet incomplete, of Christian religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Belgium, for both men and women. All listed so far are Roman Catholic.
A 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 Province): 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 Province): Cistercian nuns Assebroek, see Steenbrugge Ath Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Refuge d'Ath) at Ath (Hainaut Province): 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
B 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 nuns Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Abbey (Abbaye de Bois-Seigneur-Isaac) at Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant: Maronite 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"Good Hope Abbey") 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
C 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 monks1148-? 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 Cortenberg, see Kortenberg Coudenberg Abbey, see Brussels
D 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 Diest, see Zelem 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
E 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
F 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 monks1010-1796 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
G 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 monksdedicated at first to Saint Peter, after 1175 to Saint Adrian Géronsart Abbey (Abbaye de Géronsart) at Jambes (Namur): Augustinian canons Ghent, East Flanders: St. Bavo's Abbey (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-Bijgaarden Abbey, also St. Wivina's Abbey (Abdij van Groot-Bijgaarden, also Sint-Wivina-abdij) at Groot-Bijgaarden, 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
H 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
J 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 nuns1095-1798; 1933–, used as a retreat centre etc by various Roman Catholic orders
L 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 monksfounded as a Francophone house, Mont César Abbey; became Dutch-speaking with its name in the Dutch form Keizersberg in 1968 in connection with language reforms in the University of Leuven, formerly University of Louvain 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 monks654-1796 Louvain-la-Neuve, see St. Gertrude's Abbey
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Maagdendale Abbey (Abdij van Maagdendale) at Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns