Bobigny cemetery

Bobigny cemetery is a Muslim-only burial ground near Paris in the town of Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

Lying just a few kilometers to the northeast of Paris, the town of Bobigny is home to one of only two Muslim cemeteries in France. It was created by the French government in 1937 on the site adjacent to the Franco-Muslim Hospital of Bobigny and hold about 7000 plots, for mainly North African people.[1] It is a listed historical monument since 2006.[2] It is not to be confused with the larger and multi-faith Cimetière parisien de Pantin nearby

  1. ^ The Muslim Cemetery of Bobigny Archived 2016-12-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Base Mérimée: PA93000020, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Cimetière musulman