List of synagogues in France

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

Name Location Built Architectural style(s) Status Denomination Image Notes
Amiens Amiens, Somme 2017 Modernist Active Orthodox [1]
Arcachon Arcachon 1879 Active Sephardi [2]
Beth Meir Bastia, Corsica 1934 Vernacular Active Orthodox [3]
Belfort Belfort 1857 Byzantine Revival Active [4]
Besançon Besançon 1870 Moorish Revival Active [5]
Great (Bordeaux) Bordeaux 1882
Active Sephardi [6]
Caen Caen, Normandy 1966 Active [7]
Guebwiller Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin 1872 Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival
Active [8]
Hochfelden Hochfelden, Alsace 1841 Active [9]
Ingwiller Ingwiller, Alsace 1970 Active [10]
Lille Lille, Hauts-de-France 1891 Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival
Active [11]
Great (Lyon) Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 1864 Byzantine Revival Active Orthodox [12]
Keren Or Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2015 Active Reform [13]
Great (Marseille) Marseille 1864
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
Active Sephardi [14]
Or Thora
(maybe Or Torah)
Marseille 1962 Former;
(now mosque)
[15]
Neuilly Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine 1878 Byzantine Revival Active Orthodox [16]
Nice Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 1886 Byzantine Revival Active Orthodox [17]
Rouen Rouen, Normandy 1950 Active Orthodox [18]
Saint-Avold Saint-Avold, Grand Est 1956 Modernist Active [19]
Sedan Sedan, Ardennes 1878
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
Former;
gallery
[20]
du Quai Kléber Strasbourg 1898 Romanesque Revival Destroyed
Traenheim Traenheim Active
Liberal Jewish Movement of France Active Reform
Versailles Versailles, Île-de-France 1886 Romanesque Revival Active [21]
Vesoul Vesoul, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 1875 Former [22]

In Paris

Name Arrondissement Built Architectural style(s) Status Denomination Image Notes
Adath Shalom XVe 1989 Active Conservative;
Masorti movement
[23][24]
Agoudas Hakehilos IVe 1914 Art Nouveau Active Orthodox [25]
Communauté Juive Libérale XIe 2006 Active Reform [26]
Don Isaac Abravanel XIe 1962 Modernist Active Orthodox [27]
Edmond J. Safra Synagogue XVIIe 2019 Active [28]
Grand (Paris) IXe 1874 Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival
Active Orthodox [29]
Kehilat Gesher XVIIe 1993 Active Reform [30]
Montmartre XVIIIe 1939 International Active Orthodox [31]
de Nazareth IIIe 1852 Moorish Revival Active Orthodox [32]
des Tournelles IVe 1876
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
Active Orthodox [33]
Union Libérale Israélite de France XVIe 1907 Art Deco Active Reform [34]

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  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)
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  14. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue dite aussi le grand temple ou la grande synagogue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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