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{{Short description|Cemetery in Thiais, Paris, France}}
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'''Cimetière de Thiais''' (also known as ''Cimetière Parisien de Thiais'') is a Parisien cemetery located in the [[Communes of France|commune]] of [[Thiais]], which is in the [[Val-de-Marne]] [[Departments of France|department]], in the [[Île-de-France]] [[Regions of France|region]].
The '''cimetière parisien de Thiais''' is one of three Parisian cemeteries ''extra muros'', and is located in the [[Communes of France|commune]] of [[Thiais]], in the [[Val-de-Marne]] [[Departments of France|department]], in the [[Île-de-France]] [[Regions of France|region]].


==History==
==History==
The cemetery was openened in october 1929 and is therefore the newest of the three Parisien cemeteries ''extra muros''. The others being [[Cimetière de Bagneux]] and [[Cimetière de Pantin]]. It is now a true cosmopolitan cemetery, where many faiths are represented.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article1858 Thiais on the Cimetiéres de France et d'ailleurs website]</ref>
The cemetery was opened in October 1929 and is therefore the newest of the three Parisian cemeteries ''extra muros''. The others being the [[cimetière parisien de Bagneux]] and the [[cimetière parisien de Pantin]]. It is now a true cosmopolitan cemetery, where many faiths are represented.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article1858 Thiais on the Cimetiéres de France et d'ailleurs website]</ref>


==Notes==
==Size==
The cemetery is the second largest Parisien cemetery. Only [[Cimetière de Pantin|Pantin]] is larger. There are about 6,000 trees. The cemetery is divided into 123 numbered divisions in which there are an estimated 150,000 graves. Because the cemetery is so large, people with a walking disability can be driven around.
Thiais is the second largest Parisian cemetery. Only [[cimetière parisien de Pantin|Pantin]] is larger. There are about 6,000 trees. The cemetery is divided into 123 numbered divisions in which there are an estimated 150,000 graves. Because the cemetery is so large, people with a walking disability can be driven around.


==Notable burials==
==Notable burials==
* In divisions 48 through 55 there are ''Jardins de la Fraternité'' which are meant for burial of those who in Paris who could not afford burial or who could not be identified.
* In divisions 48 through 55 there are ''Jardins de la Fraternité'' which are meant for burial of those in Paris who could not afford burial or who could not be identified. Because of this it has the reputation of being the "Cemetery of the poor and penniless".<ref>[http://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article1858 Thiais on the Landru Cemeteries website]</ref>
* There is a monument for those who have given their bodies to science (in division 102).
* Ashes of the dead who [[Body donation|donated their body]] to science are scattered in Division 102, where several [[Stele|stelae]] stand in their memory.
* Division 94 is reserverved for [[stillbirth]]s.
* Division 94 is reserved for [[stillbirth]]s.
* There are military sections in divisions 1 and 17.
* There are military sections in divisions 1 and 17.


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* Monuments for ''Génie de la Terre'' ([[Chinese folk religion|Chinese protective deities]]) (division 36 and 44)
* Monuments for ''Génie de la Terre'' ([[Chinese folk religion|Chinese protective deities]]) (division 36 and 44)


Individual burials
Individual burials. Many of the graves have been cleared after the concession expired.
* [[Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry]] who was later reburied in the cemetery of [[Bourg-la-Reine]]
* [[Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry]], French Air Force lieutenant-colonel, sentenced to death by court martial, he was the last French person to be executed by firing squad, later reburied in the cemetery of [[Bourg-la-Reine]]
* [[André Berley]]
* [[André Berley]], French actor
* [[Francisco Boix|Francisco Boix-Campo]], Spanish republican and survivor of [[Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp|Mauthausen]]
* [[Francisco Boix]]
* [[Marcel Bucard]]
* [[Marcel Bucard]], French fascist politician
* [[Jean Cassou]], French writer, art critic, poet and member of the French Resistance during World War II
* [[Jean Cassou]]
* [[Georges Catroux]]
* [[Georges Catroux]], French army general
* [[Paul Celan]], Romanian poet and translator, with his wife [[Gisèle Lestrange]]
* [[Paul Celan]]
* [[Jean-Paul Le Chanois]], French film director, screenwriter and actor
* [[André Deed]]
* [[André Deed]], French-born actor and director
* [[Jean-Luc Delarue]]
* [[Lise Delamare]], French actress
* [[Kurt Gerstein]]
* [[Jean-Luc Delarue]], French television presenter and producer
* [[Jean Hérold-Paquis]]
* [[Beauford Delaney]], American modernist painter
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* [[Catherine Hessling]]
* [[Eugénie Fougère]], French vaudeville and music hall dancer and singer
* [[Loumia Hiridjee]]
* [[Gisèle Lestrange]], wife of Paul Celan
* [[Kurt Gerstein]], German SS-officer
* [[Étienne Hajdú]], Transylvania-born French sculptor of Jewish descent and resistance fighter
* [[Pascal Mazzotti]]
* [[Jean Hérold-Paquis]], French journalist who fought for Franco and the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War
* [[Farhad Mehrad]]
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* [[Catherine Hessling]], French actress
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* [[Gérald Neveu]]
* [[Loumia Hiridjee]], French businesswoman (''Princesse Tam Tam'')
* [[Alice Prin]]
* [[:en: Lazare Kopelmanas|Lazare Kopelmanas]], international jurist and diplomat
* [[Albert Raisner]]
* [[Pierre Laval]], French Prime Minister under the [[Third Republic (France)|Third Republic]] and [[Vichy France|Vichy regime]] was initially buried there after his execution before being removed to the Chambrun family vault in [[Montparnasse Cemetery]]. <ref name="lavalsbodylubbock">{{cite news|title=Laval's Body Taken To Family Mausoleum|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/6716081/?terms=%22Rene%2Bde%2BChambrun%22|access-date=2 August 2016|work=Lubbock Morning Avalanche|location=Lubbock, Texas|date=16 November 1945|page=3|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration |quote=The bullet-pierced body of Pierre Laval was moved today to the mausoleum of the Chambrun family in Montparnasse cemetery from an unmarked grave in Thiais cemetery, where it had lain since the former premier was executed as a traitor a month ago.}}</ref><ref name="harrisburglavalsbody">{{cite news|title=Laval's Body Moved To Chambrun Crypt|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/43365643/?terms=%22Rene%2Bde%2BChambrun%22|access-date=2 August 2016|work=Harrisburgh Telegraph|location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|date=November 15, 1945|page=10|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration }}</ref>
* [[Joseph Roth]]
* [[Gina Manès]], Silent movie star
* [[Han Ryner]]
* [[Daniel Mayer]], French politician (donated his body to science)
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* [[Lev Sedov]], son of [[Léon Trotsky]] and his second wife [[Natalia Sedova]]
* [[Pascal Mazzotti]], French actor, remains transferred to [[Biarritz]]
* [[Franz Stock]]
* [[Farhad Mehrad]], Award winning Iranian rock singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist. In Iran known as Farhad. Burial place of ashes.
* [[Laetitia Toureaux]], murder victim<ref>[http://ww2.odu.edu/ao/instadv/quest/MetroMurder.html Murder in the Métro]</ref>
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* [[Gérald Neveu]], French poet
* [[Yevgeny Zamyatin]]
* [[Antonieta Rivas Mercado]], Mexican Writer transferred to ''Jardins de la Fraternité''.
* [[Zog of Albania]]
* [[Alice Prin]], better known as '' Kiki'' or ''The Queen of Montparnasse'', grave was cleared in 1974
* [[Albert Raisner]], French harmonica player, TV and radio host and producer
* [[Joseph Roth]], Austrian-Jewish journalist and novelist
* [[Han Ryner]], French individualist anarchist philosopher and activist and a novelist
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* [[Lev Sedov]], son of [[Léon Trotsky]] and his second wife [[Natalia Sedova]], activist in the Trotskyist movement
* [[Madeleine Sologne]], French actress
* [[Franz Stock]], first German theology student in France since the Middle Ages, his remains were transferred to the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Rechèvres in [[Chartres]] in June 1963
* [[Yevgeny Zamyatin]], Russian author of science fiction and political satire
* [[Zog of Albania]], Former president and king of Albania (his remains have since been repatriated to Albania).
* [[Mahmoud Shehabi Khorassani]] (1903 Iran – 1986 France) philosopher, jurist, supreme judge, author and distinguished professor at the [[University of Tehran]], [[Iran]] buried in the 101st division, row 16.


==Location==
==Location==
Located to the southwest of the city of [[Paris]], [[France]], the main entrance to the Cimetière de Thiais is located at 261 Route de Fontainebleau, in [[Thiais]] (near the junction with Avenue de la Republique). There is also a smaller entrance: Porte Est on Avenue de Général de Gaulle.
Located in the [[banlieue]] southwest of the city of [[Paris]], [[France]], the main entrance to the Cimetière de Thiais is located at 261 Route de Fontainebleau, in [[Thiais]], near the junction with Avenue de la Republique. There is also a smaller entrance: Porte Est on Avenue de Général de Gaulle.


The inhabitants of Thiais are buried in the communal cemetery just off Avenue Général de Gaulle, near Espace des 4 Saisons.
The inhabitants of Thiais are buried in the communal cemetery just off Avenue Général de Gaulle, near Espace des 4 Saisons.


==Public transport==
==Public transport==
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[[File:Paris m 7 jms.svg|20px]] [[File:Paris rer C jms.svg|20px]]
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The cimetière de Thiais is a short walk from the [[Villejuif – Louis Aragon (Paris Métro)|Villejuif – Louis Aragon]] [[Paris Métro|métro]] station, which can be reached by taking [[Paris Métro Line 7|line 7]]. The nearest railway station is [[Pont de Rungis – Aéroport d'Orly (Paris RER)|Pont de Rungis – Aéroport d'Orly]] which is served by [[RER C|line C]], although it is not close by.


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The Cimetière de Thiais is a short walk from the [[Villejuif – Louis Aragon (Paris Métro)|Villejuif – Louis Aragon]] [[Paris Métro|métro]] station, which can be reached by taking [[Paris Métro Line 7|line 7]]. The nearest railway station is [[Pont de Rungis – Aéroport d'Orly (Paris RER)|Pont de Rungis – Aéroport d'Orly]] which is served by [[RER C|line C]], although it is not really nearby.
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The cimetière de Thiais is also served by bus lines 185, 192, 285 and 396.

[[File:RATP logo.png|20px]] {{PA icon|B}}

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The Cimetière de Thiais is also served by bus lines 185, 192, 285 and 396.

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There is a [[Vélib']] station at Avenue de Fontainebleau (42703).
There is a [[Vélib']] station at Avenue de Fontainebleau (42703).
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Image:Avenue-O-Cemetery-Thiais.jpg|Avenue O
Image:Avenue-O-Cemetery-Thiais.jpg|Avenue O
Image:Grave-Zog.jpg|Grave of Zog of Albania
Image:Grave-Zog.jpg|former grave of Zog of Albania
Image:Principale-du-Nord-Cemetery-Thiais.jpg|Avenue Principale
Image:Principale-du-Nord-Cemetery-Thiais.jpg|Avenue Principale
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==References==
==References==
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{{Commons category|Thiais Cemetery}}
{{Commons category|Cimetière parisien de Thiais}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://equipement.paris.fr/cimetiere-parisien-de-thiais-4505 Cimetière Parisien de Thiais on the Mairie de Paris website (including plan)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150512005002/http://equipement.paris.fr/cimetiere-parisien-de-thiais-4505 Cimetière Parisien de Thiais on the Mairie de Paris website (including plan)]

{{Cemeteries in France}}


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[[Category:Cemeteries in Val-de-Marne|Thiais]]
[[Category:1929 establishments in France]]
[[Category:Cemeteries in Paris]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Val-de-Marne]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Val-de-Marne]]
[[Category:Cemeteries established in the 1920s]]

Latest revision as of 20:05, 23 April 2024

Cimetière parisien de Thiais
Entrance of the Cimetière parisien de Thiais
Map
Details
Established1929
Location
Thiais
Coordinates48°45′47″N 2°22′30″E / 48.763°N 2.375°E / 48.763; 2.375
TypePublic (non-denominational)
Owned byMairie de Paris
Size103 hectares (250 acres)
No. of graves150,000
Find a GraveCimetière parisien de Thiais

The cimetière parisien de Thiais is one of three Parisian cemeteries extra muros, and is located in the commune of Thiais, in the Val-de-Marne department, in the Île-de-France region.

History[edit]

The cemetery was opened in October 1929 and is therefore the newest of the three Parisian cemeteries extra muros. The others being the cimetière parisien de Bagneux and the cimetière parisien de Pantin. It is now a true cosmopolitan cemetery, where many faiths are represented.[1]

Size[edit]

Thiais is the second largest Parisian cemetery. Only Pantin is larger. There are about 6,000 trees. The cemetery is divided into 123 numbered divisions in which there are an estimated 150,000 graves. Because the cemetery is so large, people with a walking disability can be driven around.

Notable burials[edit]

  • In divisions 48 through 55 there are Jardins de la Fraternité which are meant for burial of those in Paris who could not afford burial or who could not be identified. Because of this it has the reputation of being the "Cemetery of the poor and penniless".[2]
  • Ashes of the dead who donated their body to science are scattered in Division 102, where several stelae stand in their memory.
  • Division 94 is reserved for stillbirths.
  • There are military sections in divisions 1 and 17.

There are also a number of memorials:

Individual burials. Many of the graves have been cleared after the concession expired.

Location[edit]

Located in the banlieue southwest of the city of Paris, France, the main entrance to the Cimetière de Thiais is located at 261 Route de Fontainebleau, in Thiais, near the junction with Avenue de la Republique. There is also a smaller entrance: Porte Est on Avenue de Général de Gaulle.

The inhabitants of Thiais are buried in the communal cemetery just off Avenue Général de Gaulle, near Espace des 4 Saisons.

Public transport[edit]

Paris Métro Line 7 RER C The cimetière de Thiais is a short walk from the Villejuif – Louis Aragon métro station, which can be reached by taking line 7. The nearest railway station is Pont de Rungis – Aéroport d'Orly which is served by line C, although it is not close by.

Bus The cimetière de Thiais is also served by bus lines 185, 192, 285 and 396.

There is a Vélib' station at Avenue de Fontainebleau (42703).

Gallery[edit]

  • Avenue O
    Avenue O
  • former grave of Zog of Albania
    former grave of Zog of Albania
  • Avenue Principale
    Avenue Principale

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in French) Thiais on the Cimetiéres de France et d'ailleurs website
  2. ^ Thiais on the Landru Cemeteries website
  3. ^ "Laval's Body Taken To Family Mausoleum". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. Lubbock, Texas. 16 November 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 2 August 2016 – via Newspapers.com. The bullet-pierced body of Pierre Laval was moved today to the mausoleum of the Chambrun family in Montparnasse cemetery from an unmarked grave in Thiais cemetery, where it had lain since the former premier was executed as a traitor a month ago.
  4. ^ "Laval's Body Moved To Chambrun Crypt". Harrisburgh Telegraph. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved 2 August 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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