Clairvaux
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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 Poitou-Charentes region of western France
- Clairvaux, a former commune in France, now part of Ville-sous-la-Ferté
- Clairvaux Abbey, the site of the 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, a twelfth-century monk of Clairvaux
- Geoffrey of Clairvaux, Bernard's secretary and biographer
- Nicholas of Clairvaux
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the most famous abbot
- Saint Gerard of Clairvaux, Bernard's older brother
- Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux, 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.
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