Clairvaux
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Clairvaux can mean the following:
- Clairvaux, a former commune in France, now part of Ville-sous-la-FertéVille-sous-la-FertéVille-sous-la-Ferté is a commune in the Aube department in the Champagne-Ardenne region in north-central France.The best-known landmark of Ville-sous-la-Ferté is the nearby ruin of Clairvaux Abbey, now the site of Clairvaux Prison.-External links:*...
. It is the home of- Clairvaux AbbeyClairvaux AbbeyClairvaux Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, 15 km from Bar-sur-Aube, in the Aube département in northeastern France. The original building, founded in 1115 by St. Bernard, is now in ruins; a high-security prison, the Clairvaux Prison, now occupies the grounds...
in France - Clairvaux PrisonClairvaux PrisonClairvaux Prison is a high-security prison in France, on the site of the former Clairvaux Abbey.-1971 revolt:In this prison in 1971, convicts Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems took Nicole Comte, a nurse, and Guy Girardot, a prison guard, hostage, and Buffet subsequently murdered them. Buffet and...
, France, on the site of the abbey
- Clairvaux Abbey
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
- Clairvaux Mackillop CollegeClairvaux Mackillop CollegeClairvaux Mackillop College is a secondary school located in Upper Mount Gravatt on the south side of Brisbane, Australia. With a student body of 1,200, it is a large Catholic Education school facility in Queensland...
in Brisbane, Australia - The Clairvaux LakesLacs de ClairvauxLacs de Clairvaux are two lakes at Clairvaux-les-Lacs in the Jura department of France. The Grand Lac has a surface area of 56.5 ha, the Petit Lac of 17 ha....
in France - Mount ClairvauxMount ClairvauxMount Clairvaux is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. Clairvaux is the French word for "clear valleys.".-See also:*List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border*Mountains of Alberta*Mountains of British Columbia...
, a mountain on the Continental Divide and the boundary of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada