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Prison de l'Abbaye

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  • Abbaye Saint-Germain-des-prés. Ancienne prison de l’abbaye devenue prison militaire entrée principale. Prison de l’abb, D.8021(883)(2).jpg

    Photo by Leymonnerye, Léon (1803 - 1879), dessinateur via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Abbaye Saint-Germain-des-prés. Ancienne prison de l’abbaye devenue prison militaire entrée principale. Prison de l’abb, D.8021(883).jpg

    Photo by Leymonnerye, Léon (1803 - 1879), dessinateur via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Abbaye Saint-Germain-des-prés. Ancienne prison de l’abbaye devenue prison militaire prison petite entrée rue Ste Margu, D.8021(885)(2).jpg

    Photo by Leymonnerye, Léon (1803 - 1879), dessinateur via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Délivrance a l'Abbaye, G.27743-12.jpg

    Photo by Anonyme, graveur via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Evènement du 30 juin 1789, entre 7 & 8 heur. du soir. G.27667.jpg

    Photo by Anonyme, graveur via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Médaillon nº 12 de la Galerie Historique ou Tableaux des Evènements de la Révolution française (1795-1799), le Peuple dé, G.27655 (1 of 2).jpg

    Photo by Maillart, Philippe Joseph (Bruxelles, 1764 - Ixelles, 23–04–1856), graveur via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Médaillon nº 12 de la Galerie Historique ou Tableaux des Evènements de la Révolution française (1795-1799), le Peuple dé, G.27655 (2 of 2).jpg

    Photo by Maillart, Philippe Joseph (Bruxelles, 1764 - Ixelles, 23–04–1856), graveur via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • P1330119 Carnavalet Berthault abbaye St-Germain 30 juin 1789 G27664 rwk.jpg

    Photo by Pierre Gabriel Berthault / After Jean-Louis Prieur via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1631

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1631

Region

Paris

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

  • Étienne-Marie Delahante
    Étienne-Marie Delahante
    1743–1829 · politician
  • Anne-Louis Tousard
    Anne-Louis Tousard
    1749–1817 · military personnel

    Louis de Tousard (1749–1817) was a French artillerist who served in the American Continental Army under La Fayette, and later was given a US commission.

  • Charlotte Corday
    Charlotte Corday
    1768–1793 · aristocrat

    Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), known as Charlotte Corday (French: [kɔʁdɛ]), was a figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793.

  • Pierre Beaumarchais
    Pierre Beaumarchais
    1732–1799 · musician

    Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (pronounced [pjɛʁ oɡystɛ̃ kaʁɔ̃ d(ə) bomaʁʃɛ]; né Caron; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French playwright and diplomat of the Age of Enlightenment.

  • Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras
    Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras
    1744–1790 · military personnel

    Thomas de Mahy, Marquis de Favras (26 March 1744 – 18 February 1790), was a French aristocrat and supporter of the House of Bourbon during the French Revolution.

  • Manon Roland
    Manon Roland
    1754–1793 · writer

    Jeanne Marie "Manon" Roland de la Platière (Paris, March 17, 1754 – Paris, November 8, 1793), born Jeanne Marie Phlipon, and best known under the name Madame Roland (French pronunciation: [madam ʁɔlɑ̃]) was a French revolutionary, salonnière and writer.

  • Antoine Destutt de Tracy
    Antoine Destutt de Tracy
    1754–1836 · philosopher

    Antoine Louis Claude Destutt, comte de Tracy (French: [dɛstyt də tʁasi]; 20 July 1754 – 9 March 1836) was a French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher who coined the term "ideology" and was the leading theorist of the idéologues.

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Prison de l'Abbaye. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prison-de-l-abbaye
Chicago
"Prison de l'Abbaye." World Prisons. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prison-de-l-abbaye.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-prison-de-l-abbaye,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Prison de l'Abbaye},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prison-de-l-abbaye},
  urldate = {2026-10-28}
}