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 ''

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''.

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

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until his remains were moved to

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in Paris. Similarly,

Jeanne Hébuterne Jeanne Hébuterne (; 6 April 1898 – 26 January 1920) was a French painter and art model best known as the frequent subject and Common-law marriage, common-law wife of the artist Amedeo Modigliani. She died by suicide two days after Modigliani ...

, the model and artist who was

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'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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and

. 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 (, also known as Georges Annenkov; – 12 July 1974),Names by which he is credited for his work on films include ''Georges Annenkov'', ''Georges Annet'', and ''D'Annenkoff''. Sometimes he signed his work ''G. Annen ...

(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 * ''Skylark'' (1934) * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * ''The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Women's Club'' (1936) * ''In the Service of the Tsa ...

(1911–1967), singer *

Eugène Atget Eugène Atget (; 12 February 1857 – 4 August 1927) was a French ''flâneur'' and a pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his determination to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to mod ...

(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 *

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(1903–1943), military hero * Charles Bruneau (1883–1969) linguist and philologist * Francis Carco (1886–1958), writer *

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(1886–1947), Romanian sculptor *

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(1900–1983), actor *

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(1928–1971), French/Polish actress * Léon Deubel (1879–1913), poet * Jean-Jacques Gautier (1908–1986), author *

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(1938–1975), French film actress * Maadi Gobrait (1904–1980), French Polynesian nurse and resistance fighter * Gribouille (Marie-France Gaîté) (1941–1968), singer *

Marcelle Henry Marcelle Marguerite Henry (7 September 1895 – 24 April 1945) was a French civil servant and a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War. Early life Marcelle Henry was born at Angers. Her father was the local Inspector of ...

(1895–1945), one of only six women who were awarded the

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(1873–1907), writer *

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(1860–1887), poet *

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(1953–2018), singer *

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(1904–1980), cyclist * Helene Rytmann (1908–1980), wife of

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, a resistance fighter during the second world war, and French communist activist *

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(1921–1950), actress *

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(1892–1924), French World War I ace *

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(1923–1992), actress * Alexander Marmorek (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,

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. 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

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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 Jewish cemeteries in France Cemeteries established in the 1880s