Montparnasse Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 1824 |
Location | |
Country | France |
Coordinates | 48°50′17″N 2°19′37″E / 48.83806°N 2.32694°E |
Type | Non-denominational |
Owned by | Mairie de Paris |
Size | 19 hectares (47 acres) |
No. of graves | 35,000 |
Website | Montparnasse Cemetery |
Find a Grave | Montparnasse Cemetery |
Montparnasse Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Montparnasse) is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement. The cemetery is roughly 47 acres and is the second largest cemetery in Paris.[1] The cemetery has over 35,000 graves and approximately a thousand people are buried here each year.[2]
The cemetery contains 35,000 plots and is the resting place to a variety of individuals including political figures, philosophers, artists, actors, and writers. Additionally, in the cemetery one can find a number of tombs commemorating those who died in the Franco-Prussian war during the siege of Paris (1870–1871) and the Paris Commune (1871).