Cormery (French pronunciation: [kɔʁməʁi] ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire.

This edifice was to create a more friendly place for meditation and prayer, plus respect for the rule of Saint Benedict of Nursia.

A protective shadow of the abbey caused many residents to gather and a town was formed which became an important commercial center: since 845 a market is held every Thursday.

During the raids of the Vikings up the Loire river, the monks of Saint-Martin first put the holy relics in their safe in Cormery before forced to flee to the east.

[3] In 1662, the congregation of St Maur recreated a monastic community that would last until the French Revolution when the monastery was resolved.