Cimetière de Belleville
| Cimetière de Belleville | |
|---|---|
| location | 40, Rue du Télégraphe 75020 Paris , Île-de-France , France |
| owner | City of Paris |
| Opened | 1808 |
| surface | 1.65 ha |
| Divisions | 17th |
| Graves | 3,200 |
| Website | equipement.paris.fr |
The Cimetière de Belleville is a cemetery in the 20th arrondissement of the French capital Paris . The facility in the eastern part of Belleville was opened in 1808 and is located on the Butte de Belleville ( German hill of Belleville ). 1860 suburban Belleville was including cemetery in the Paris metropolitan area incorporated . The Cimetière de Belleville lies at an altitude of 128.508 meters and is one of the highest points in the metropolis on the Seine . This is evidenced by a sticker at the entrance. Only the Butte Montmartre , on which the Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre stands, is even higher at around 130 meters. Since its inauguration, the cemetery has been expanded several times and today offers space for a total of 3,200 graves in 17 divisions on 1.65 hectares of cemetery area with 107 trees. It is the seventh largest cemetery in the Paris metropolitan area.
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The memorial in Division 12 for the 40 hostages of the Paris Commune who were shot
The cemetery is 128.508 meters high, one of the highest points in the city.
The Belleville water reservoir next to the cemetery
View over the Cimetière de Belleville
View over the Cimetière de Belleville
View over the Cimetière de Belleville
Gaston Cony's grave
The grave of Léon Gaumont
Fernand Maillet's grave
The grave of Armand Grébauval
Famous people buried on the Cimetière de Belleville
- Eugène Bestaux (1878–1958), writer and translator
- Camille Bombois (1883–1970), painter ( naive painting )
- Gilles Boulouque (1950–1990), lawyer
- Gaston Cony (1891–1983), puppeteer
- Pierre Cochereau (1924–1984), composer, music teacher and titular organist at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral
- Michel Etcheverry (1919–1999), stage actor
- Léon Gaumont (1864-1946), director, film producer and pioneer of the film industry ( Gaumont )
- René Godart (1891–1971), painter
- Armand Grébauval (1864–1913), Homme de lettres , politician
- Charles Houvenaghel (1878–1966), musician ( saxophonist )
- Fernand Maillet (1896–1963), priest, founder of the Fédération internationale des Pueri Cantores , Officier de la Légion d'Honneur
- Jean Marco (1923–1953), singer, was the first to sing the song C'est si bon
- Pierre-Henri Mayeux (1845–1929), architect and theorist of Art Nouveau
- Suzy Prim (1895–1991), actress
- Albert Rossin (1871–1938), Homme de lettres
- Charles Thisse (1830–1912), sculptor
- Édouard Vallières (1864–1928), dramatic actor
Web links
- equipement.paris.fr: The Cimetière de Belleville on the website of the City of Paris (French)
- landrucimetieres.fr: Cimetière de Belleville (French)
- api-site-cdn.paris.fr: Map of the Cimetière de Belleville (French)
- des-gens.net: Vénérables sépultures, contez-nous l'Histoire ancienne (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 29.8 " N , 2 ° 24 ′ 0.5" E
Individual evidence
- ↑ equipement.paris.fr: Cimetière de Belleville