Bouxières-aux-Dames (French pronunciation: [buksjɛʁ o dam]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

The history of Bouxières-aux-Dames is closely related to its abbey of chanoinesses or ladies ("dames" in French), founded by Saint Gauzelin.

Issued from a noble Frankish family, he was a notary of the royal chancellery when King Charles the Simple made him bishop of Toul.

It comprises in particular five objects: a chalice [1], a patene [2], a gospel book [3] covered with a binding of goldsmithery, a ring of the prelate and a comb of ivory.

The abbey persisted until 1787 when the chanoinesses who were bored with Bouxières-aux-Dames wanted to take advantage of the city life and settled in Nancy close to Bonsecours.