Cimetière parisien de Bagneux (Redirected from Cimetière de Bagneux)
Cimetière parisien de Bagneux | |
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Established | 1886 |
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Country | France |
Coordinates | 48°48′22″N 2°18′32″E / 48.806°N 2.309°E |
Type | Public (non-denominational) |
Style | Rural |
Owned by | Mairie de Paris |
Size | 61.5 hectares (152 acres) |
No. of graves | 83,000+ |
Find a Grave | Cimetière parisien de Bagneux |
Cimetière parisien de Bagneux is one of the three Parisien cemeteries extra muros, located in Bagneux. The cemetery has a large Jewish section (many of the divisions have exclusively Jewish graves) and is sometimes known as the Jewish cemetery.
History
Before the site became a cemetery, it was the scene of heavy fighting in May 1871, in the war between the Versailles and the Fédérés.
The cemetery was opened on 15 November 1886 and is one of the three Parisien Cemeteries extra muros, the others being Cimetière Parisien de Thiais (opened in 1929) and Cimetière Parisien de Pantin. It was opened at the same time as Pantin, (which is northeast of Paris). Both have similar entrances. Bagneux is the smallest of the three cemeteries serving Paris, but the most active.