The Abbaye des Prémontrés hosts meetings, conferences, congresses, professional receptions, weddings and family events. It offers 15 rooms and private salons that seat from 10 to 450 people, and private events seat 10 to 350 guests. A three-star hotel of 70 rooms is inside the building, and accommodation can take up to 110 guests. The abbey stands at 9 rue Saint-Martin in Pont-à-Mousson, on the Moselle, halfway between Metz and Nancy.
Seminars and company events
The abbey has more than 40 years of experience in events. A dedicated contact builds each day to the client brief, sends a quote within 48 hours and arranges a site visit on request. An on-site technical team supports each event.
The largest meeting rooms are on the first floor and the ground floor. The former library covers 189 square meters and takes 60 to 250 people, with an antechamber. The amphitheater covers 283 square meters, has a wide stage and seats up to 200. The Abbatiale, a 340-square-meter hall on the ground floor, hosts conferences, galas and trade shows, and the cloister galleries can be added to it. The vaulted Cellier, 139 square meters, takes 40 to 100 people and opens onto the formal garden.
Mid-sized rooms include the Salle Guillaume and the Salon J.F. Lallemand, for 34 to 85 people, the Salon de la Pharmacie for 30 to 70 and the Salle de l'Évêque de Toul for 26 to 55. Smaller rooms such as Guinet, Gouvy, Infirmerie, Salon des Vignes and Salon Léon Songeur take 15 to 40 people for committees and breakouts.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are sold as a turnkey package with one contact for the whole event. Drinks take place in the gardens along the Moselle or in the cloister galleries. The wedding dinner is held in the Abbatiale. Six historic reception rooms serve smaller events: Salle Saint Norbert (250 at a cocktail, 150 seated), Grande Sacristie (150 and 100), Salle des Stations (120 and 80), Salle Sainte Marie au Bois (150 and 60), Salle Mordillac (50 and 40) and Salle du Soleil, about 20 seated.
Rooms and capacities
In all, 15 rooms and salons seat 10 to 450 people. The building covers 12,000 square meters, with rooms overlooking the main courtyard, the cloister garden or the Moselle gardens. A private room can be booked for a meal from 10 people.
Accommodation
The hotel is rated three stars and has 70 rooms, two of them accessible. Categories are Standard, Confort, Privilège, Family Confort and Family Privilège. Privilège rooms lie inside the listed monument and face the cloister garden. Reception is open 24 hours a day.
Catering
Meals for meetings and private events are prepared by the abbey's caterer, Marcotullio Traiteur, a member of the Traiteurs de France network. The hotel serves a breakfast buffet, and several restaurants are within walking distance on Place Duroc.
History and setting
The Premonstratensian community of Sainte-Marie-aux-Bois settled in Pont-à-Mousson around 1608. Two Premonstratensian architects built the present abbey between 1705 and 1735, in a classical style with baroque touches. It later housed a minor seminary and, from 1912, a hospital, and was badly damaged in 1944. Since 1964 it has been a cultural center run by a non-profit association. Visits, events and the hotel fund about 85 percent of its budget. Three gardens cover 2.5 hectares.
Getting there
The abbey is in central Pont-à-Mousson, next to the A31 motorway. The local station is a few minutes away, and the TGV station and the regional airport are both under 20 minutes away. Free car parks next to the monument hold up to 300 vehicles.
