Montrouge Cemetery (French: ''Cimetière de Montrouge'') is a cemetery in the south of the

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, located between the

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and

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. It was created in 1819 in the commune of

Montrouge Montrouge () is a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. After a long period of decline, the population has increased again in recent years. ...

, but was transferred to the City of Paris in 1925 following a border change. Whilst the most visited grave is that of

Coluche Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stage comedian and cinema actor. He adopted ''Coluche'' as a stage name at age 26, when he began his entertainment ca ...

, there are many other graves of interest,Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs – Montrouge (92) : cimetières
sur ''landrucimetieres.fr''. Consulté le 16 février 2013. as well as a crypt. Despite being a Parisian cemetery, the influence of Montrouge is noteworthy, most notably through the granite stele commemorating 96 soldiers from Montrouge fallen on

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battlegrounds.

Selection of personalities buried in the cemetery

Tombe Maurice Arnoux, Cimetière de Montrouge (1)

Tombe Coluche, Cimetière de Montrouge (3)

References

External links

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Le cimetière de Montrouge
sur le site des amis et passionnés du Père-Lachaise {{Cemeteries in France

14th arrondissement of Paris Montrouge