Abbey of Notre-Dame des Neiges

The Abbey of Notre-Dame des Neiges or Our Lady of the Snows (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) is a Cistercian monastery in the Ardèche département of south-central France.

[1] The abbey was built in 1850, located on the territory of the commune of Saint-Laurent-les-Bains, about one and a half miles east of the village of La Bastide-Puylaurent (Lozère).

[3] The French Third Republic initially planned to expel the monks again in November 1880, however a sudden snowfall prevented this from being executed.

[2] In January 2022, the Vatican announced that Notre-Dame des Neiges has to be closed due to the lack of novices and the death of two brothers in 2021.

The sisters' revenue-generating activities include the sale of spring water, essential oils, soap and other cleaning products.