List of synagogues in France

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

NameLocationBuiltArchitectural style(s)StatusDenominationImageNotes
AmiensAmiens, Somme2017ModernistActiveOrthodox[1]
ArcachonArcachon1879ActiveSephardi[2]
Beth MeirBastia, Corsica1934VernacularActiveOrthodox[3]
BelfortBelfort1857Byzantine RevivalActive[4]
BesançonBesançon1870Moorish RevivalActive[5]
Great (Bordeaux)Bordeaux1882
ActiveSephardi[6]
CaenCaen, Normandy1966Active[7]
GuebwillerGuebwiller, Haut-Rhin1872Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival		Active[8]
HochfeldenHochfelden, Alsace1841Active[9]
IngwillerIngwiller, Alsace1970Active[10]
LilleLille, Hauts-de-France1891Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival		Active[11]
Great (Lyon)Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes1864Byzantine RevivalActiveOrthodox[12]
Keren OrLyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes2015ActiveReform[13]
Great (Marseille)Marseille1864
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
ActiveSephardi[14]
Or Thora
(maybe Or Torah)		Marseille1962Former;
(now mosque)		[15]
NeuillyNeuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine1878Byzantine RevivalActiveOrthodox[16]
NiceNice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur1886Byzantine RevivalActiveOrthodox[17]
RouenRouen, Normandy1950ActiveOrthodox[18]
Saint-AvoldSaint-Avold, Grand Est1956ModernistActive[19]
SedanSedan, Ardennes1878
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
Former;
gallery		[20]
du Quai KléberStrasbourg1898Romanesque RevivalDestroyed
TraenheimTraenheimActive
Liberal Jewish Movement of FranceActiveReform
VersaillesVersailles, Île-de-France1886Romanesque RevivalActive[21]
VesoulVesoul, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté1875Former[22]

In Paris
NameArrondissementBuiltArchitectural style(s)StatusDenominationImageNotes
Adath ShalomXVe1989ActiveConservative;
Masorti movement		[23][24]
Agoudas HakehilosIVe1914Art NouveauActiveOrthodox[25]
Communauté Juive LibéraleXIe2006ActiveReform[26]
Don Isaac AbravanelXIe1962ModernistActiveOrthodox[27]
Edmond J. Safra SynagogueXVIIe2019Active[28]
Grand (Paris)IXe1874Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival		ActiveOrthodox[29]
Kehilat GesherXVIIe1993ActiveReform[30]
MontmartreXVIIIe1939InternationalActiveOrthodox[31]
de NazarethIIIe1852Moorish RevivalActiveOrthodox[32]
des TournellesIVe1876
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
ActiveOrthodox[33]
Union Libérale Israélite de FranceXVIe1907Art DecoActiveReform[34]

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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)
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  27. "Isaac Abravanel (Synagogue de la Roquette)". Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux (in French). Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  28. "Synagogue Edmond J. Safra, Paris". Selected Projects: Religion. Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation. 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
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