Vaugirard Cemetery
Vaugirard Cemetery (''cimetière de Vaugirard'') is a cemetery in Paris, located at 320 rue Lecourbe and occupying 1.5 hectares of land to the west of that street. It opened in 1787 (or 1798 according to an information panel at its entrance) and contains 2500 tombs and 95 trees from 17 different species,Panneau à l'entrée du cimetière. making it one of the oldest cemeteries still active in the city. History It is the third cemetery to bear that name. It was used by the inhabitants of Grenelle before it had its own cemetery. The town of Vaugirard and its cemetery were both merged into the city of Paris in 1860 and two years later a large military plot was added for inhabitants of les Invalides, with casualties from both world wars later added. Burials * Louis Aubert, composer * Michel Baroin (division 12) * Lucien Besnard, playwright (division 14) * Albert Bettannier, painter (division 16) * Hector Bianciotti, journalist, writer and academic (division 18) * Marguerite Bourcet, ...
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