Cimetière parisien de Bagneux is one of the three Parisien cemeteries ''extra muros'', located in Bagneux. The cemetery has a large

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ish 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

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(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.

Notes

The cemetery is still open and there are about 10 burials a day. The cemetery is divided into 115 divisions. It is estimated that there are around 83,000 graves. The cemetery was the burial place of Oscar Wilde until his remains were moved to

Père Lachaise Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery (french: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise ; formerly , "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figure ...

in Paris. Similarly,

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, the model and artist who was Amedeo Modigliani's lover and mother of his only child, was originally buried here. Despondent over his death, Jeanne Hébuterne committed suicide and her family interred her at Cimetière de Bagneux until finally relenting and allowing her remains to be transferred to the Père Lachaise Cemetery in 1930 to rest beside Modigliani. There are nearly 5,500 trees (about 20 different species). It is home to many birds (35 different species have already been counted) and squirrels.

Notable burials

Monuments

There are monuments for: * Jews who died in the

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(division 1) * The

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(division 115) * The victims of concentration camps and those who died as a result of "Nazi barbarism". There are many of these monuments in the Jewish divisions.

Military graves

The cemetery has a number of military sections. There are two divisions dedicated to the French Military who died in the

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. Division 19 contains two sections dedicated to

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dead and which are maintained by the

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. These plots contain around 35 Commonwealth service war graves of the First World War (mostly British soldiers who died in 1914), and a few from the Second. A notable example was John Wilson (1889–1914), who was a peacetime Scottish professional footballer and died of wounds.

Individual burials

* Albert Rubin (1887–1956), French/Jewish Painter & Sculptor. *

Yury Annenkov Yury Pavlovich Annenkov (russian: Юрий Павлович Анненков also known as Georges Annenkov); in Petropavlovsk, Akmolinsk Oblast, Russian Empire – 12 July 1974 in Paris, France),Names by which he is credited for his work ...

(1889–1974), Russian & French artist known for his book illustrations and portraits. *

Junie Astor Rolande Jeanne Risterucci (1911–1967), better known as Junie Astor, was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * ''The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Women's Club'' (1936) * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix ...

(1912–1967), singer * Eugène Atget (1857–1927), photographer * Barbara (Monique Serf) (1930–1997), singer *

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(1934–2009), French actor, writer, producer, director, and distributor *

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(1881–1932), Spanish cubist painter *

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, (1940–1996), singer *

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(1903–1983), singer * Martial Brigouleix (1903–1943), military hero * Charles Bruneau (1883–1969) linguist and philologist *

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(1886–1958), writer * Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947), Romanian sculptor * Marcel Dalio (1900–1983), actor * Bella Darvi (1928–1971), French/Polish actress * Léon Deubel (1879–1913), poet *

Jean-Jacques Gautier Jean-Jacques Gautier (4 November 1908, Essômes-sur-Marne, Aisne – 20 April 1986) was a French theatre critic, novelist and essayist. A Norman via his father (a pharmacist in Dieppe) and a champenois via his mother, he was elected a member of ...

(1908–1986), author *

Michèle Girardon Michèle Girardon (9 August 1938 – 25 March 1975), sometimes credited as Michele Girardon, was a French actress. Career Born in Lyon, France, Girardon began acting as early as 1956, and had a small but noticeable role as a deaf-mute bea ...

(1938–1975), French film actress * Gribouille (Marie-France Gaîté) (1941–1968), singer * Marcelle Henry (1895–1945), one of only six women who were awarded the

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* Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), writer *

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(1860–1887), poet *

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(1953–2018), singer *

André Leducq André Leducq (; 27 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tours de France. He also won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the team road race event and the 1928 Paris–Roubaix. Career Le ...

(1904–1980), cyclist * Helene Rytmann (1908–1980), wife of Louis Althusser, a resistance fighter during the second world war, and French communist activist *

Corinne Luchaire Corinne Luchaire (11 February 1921 – 22 January 1950) was a French film actress who was a star of French cinema on the eve of World War II. Her association with the German occupation led her to be sentenced to "national indignity" after the w ...

(1921–1950), actress *

Georges Madon Georges Félix Madon (28 July 1892 – 11 November 1924) was the fourth ranked French ace pilot of the First World War. His lengthy career and wide variety of aviation experiences were remarkable. Early years Madon was born in Bizerte, Tunisia, ...

(1892–1924), French World War I ace *

Jacqueline Maillan Jacqueline Jeanne Paule Maillan (11 January 1923 - 12 May 1992) was a French actress with a career spanning almost five decades, known primarily for her forty theatre productions, she also appeared in more than fifty films (1947 to 1992) and is ...

(1923–1992), actress *

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(1865–1923), bacteriologist *

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(1918–1985), actor * Mela Muter (Maria Melania Mutermilch) (1876–1967), French/Polish artist *

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(1884–1968), writer, critic *

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(1867–1933), poet *

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(1875–1956), founder of the

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(1921–1997), film producer * Stéphane Sirchis (1959–1999), musician, founder member of French band Indochine * Albert Stopford (1860–1939), an antique dealer who rescued Romanov jewels * John Wilson (1889–1914), Scottish footballer *

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(1905–1934), film director

Location

Located to the southwest of the city of

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, France, the main entrance to the Cimetière de Bagneux is located at 43–45, Avenue Marx-Dormoy, in Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine. There are two smaller entrances: Porte de Fontenay on Avenue Jean-Jaurès (near the junction with Avenue Marx-Dormoy) and Porte de Bagneux on Rue de l'Égalité (near the junction with Avenue de Garlande). The cemetery is located next to the small local (communal) cemetery.

Public transport

The Cimetière de Bagneux is a short walk from the Châtillon – Montrouge station, which can be reached by taking line 13. The Cimetière de Bagneux is also served by bus lines 68, 128, and 323. There is a

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station at Rue Molière (21209).

Gallery

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Although it is claimed that it is actually an

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References

External sources

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External links

Cimetière Parisien de Bagneux on the Mairie de Paris website (including plan)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cimetiere de Bagneux Bagneux Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France