Clairvaux

Clairvaux may refer to:

Places

• Clairvaux-d'Aveyron, a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France
• Clairvaux-les-Lacs, a commune in the Jura department of France
  • Lacs de Clairvaux, two lakes located in Clairvaux-les-Lacs
• Scorbé-Clairvaux, a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France
• Clairvaux, a former commune in France, now part of Ville-sous-la-Ferté
  • Clairvaux Abbey, a former Cistercian site
  • Clairvaux Prison, built on the site of the abbey
• Clairvaux MacKillop College in Brisbane, Australia
• Abbey of New Clairvaux, a rural Trappist monastery in northern California
• Mount Clairvaux, a mountain on the Continental Divide and the boundary of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada

People

• Alcher of Clairvaux, atwelfth-century monk of Clairvaux
• Geoffrey of Clairvaux, Bernard's secretary and biographer
• Nicholas of Clairvaux
• Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the most famous abbot
• Gerard of Clairvaux (died 1138), Bernard's older brother
• Gerard of Clairvaux (died 1177), abbot of Clairvaux, the first Cistercian martyr

Arts, media, and entertainment

• Chapters 29-32 of James Rollins' sixth Sigma Force novel, The Doomsday Key, are named "Clairvaux, France", as the city Clairvaux in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Clairvaux Abbey, and Cairvaux Prison play major roles in the plot