Randol Abbey, Benedictine abbey in Cournols, France.

Randol Abbey is a Benedictine monastery built in the 1970s by architects Paul-Jean Monnoyeur and Louis Piessat, about 600 metres east of the village of Randol in the commune of Cournols. The complex is organised around two cloisters: a monastic enclosure and a separate guest wing. The abbey church has a dark narthex leading into the nave, a central altar with monks' stalls, the Chapel of the Holy Family to the left, and a crypt with ten altars beneath.

In 1966 the Bishop of Clermont, Pierre de La Chanonie, asked Fontgombault Abbey to restore Benedictine life to Auvergne, absent since the French Revolution. Dom Jean Roy chose the Monne gorges site; the first stone was blessed on 31 May 1969 and monks arrived from Fontgombault in 1971. The priory became an independent abbey on 21 March 1981, with Éric de Lesquen as first abbot.

The abbey takes its name from the hamlet of Randol, about 600 metres to the west, whose houses the monks bought and restored through the Société immobilière de la Monne. The hamlet's streets remain public and can be visited by car; the restored houses are rented out, especially in summer, to families on spiritual retreat.

The abbey stands about 600 m east of Randol hamlet, in the Monne gorges, a protected site; the village streets remain public and can be reached by car. A separate guest wing of the monastery, nearly self-contained, receives young men, students and men for retreats or study. The monks restored the hamlet's houses and rent them out, especially in summer, to families on spiritual retreat.

The abbey church has a dark narthex with a central stoup, so the nave beyond appears in contrast as the visitor enters. The crypt beneath holds ten altars, where each priest-monk may celebrate a low Mass in the morning. The abbey has released six recordings: Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Assumption, Dedication and Passiontide.