Charnier is a French surname, and a French word for

charnel house A charnel house is a vault or building where human skeletal remains are stored. They are often built near churches for depositing bones that are unearthed while digging graves. The term can also be used more generally as a description of a pl ...

. Charnier or ''variation'', may also refer to:

People

* Claude Charnier, Canadian musician and member of '' Headscan'' * Daniel Charnier, a Huguenot; see List of Huguenots * Madeleine Charnier (1919—2002), a French zoologist

Fictional characters

* Alain Charnier, a fictional character from the film ''The French Connection'' (film)

Other uses

* The Charnel House (french: link=no, Le Charnier), a Picasso painting that he painted while living in France * ''Les Charniers'' ( oc, link=no, Li Cadarau), an 1884 work by Valère Bernard published in French and Occitan

People

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Other uses

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