The first Cistercian community in Provence had settled at Notre-Dame de Florielle, on the Florieyes river near Tourtour.

Sénanque Abbey, an active Cistercian community.

The monastery, which is next to the church, still functions as a Cistercian community.

Ewell Monastery was an experimental Cistercian community of monks within the Anglican Church from 1966 to 2004, located at West Malling in Kent.

Ten years later, a Cistercian community was established, which has remained there ever since.

The architecture of Fontenay has been described as "an excellent illustration of the ideal of self-sufficiency" practised by the earliest Cistercian communities.

A year later he returned to Italy as leader of the Cistercian community in Scandriglia.

Also known as the "Cradle of Styria" ("Wiege der Steiermark"), it is the oldest surviving Cistercian community in the world.

It is unclear whether she actually formally joined the Cistercian community or if she simply resided there and participated in the religious services but did not take Cistercian vows.

She later moved the Cistercian community to Pittoli, where she died in 1218.