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