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
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^ "Synagogue Edmond J. Safra, Paris" . Selected Projects: Religion . Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation. 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2024 .
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