La Chapelle des Sœurs

Présentation

The Sisters’ House and Chapel in Dienville is a former convent that housed a girls’ school founded by Elisabeth-Louise-Sophie de Vergès, widow of Viscount Alexandre-Antoine de Loménie. In 1824, the school was entrusted to three Ursuline sisters. The chapel is attached to the house and was built in 1846 at the request of the Marquise de Loménie de Brienne.

At the end of the 19th century, the sisters were replaced by Sisters of Saint Vincent de Paul, who took over the private school, an orphanage, and opened a dispensary. In 1928, Dominican Sisters from the countryside took over the premises and opened a hosiery workshop, which operated for a few years. The last sister finally left in 1975.

Today, the chapel has found a new purpose thanks to a Dutch couple who fell in love with the village and the region. They transformed this place into a space dedicated to permaculture, growing vegetables, fruits and flowers, and soon (summer 2025) into a place for sales, meetings and sharing.