Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Anges de Clichy-sous-Bois, Religious chapel in Clichy-sous-Bois, France

The Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Anges is a pale yellow chapel at 10 allée Jean-Jaurès in Clichy-sous-Bois. Its gabled facade has a round window with a cross-shaped mullion above a dark double door, and an arched panel inscribed "NOTRE-DAME DES ANGES" and "WISSEMBOURG". A square dark wooden louvered belfry with a slender grey spire stands on the roof, and a ribbed dome with a small cupola covers the rear section.

The chapel was founded in 1260 by the Knights Templar and later managed by the Hospitallers of Saint John before transferring to the canons of Livry Abbey in 1660. This shift marked a change in the stewardship and spiritual direction of the site.

The chapel's name comes from a 13th-century legend: three travellers from Anjou, robbed and bound in the Bondy forest, were freed by an angel, and the first chapel was built in thanks. It was first called Notre-Dame-des-Angevins, later shortened to Notre-Dame-des-Anges. Each year a wooden replica of the 13th-century Black Madonna is shown for veneration during the novena from 8 to 17 September; in September 2012 the eighth centenary of the pilgrimage drew nearly three thousand participants.

The chapel stands at 10 allée Jean-Jaurès in Clichy-sous-Bois, listed as a monument historique since 30 March 1942. The sources record no underground water system and no visitor access beneath the building, so plan a visit to the chapel itself. A plaque beside the door reads "MESSES", indicating where service times are posted.

Archaeological excavations beneath the chapel uncovered numerous artifacts including coins from the time of Louis XIII, gilded nails, and fragments of 13th-century painted plaster. These discoveries reveal that the site was continuously inhabited and used across many centuries.