Cimetière des Gonards
| Cimetière des Gonards | |
|---|---|
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| Details | |
| Established | 1879 |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Size | 130,000 square metres (32 acres) |
| No. of graves | 12,000 |
The Cimetière des Gonards began operations in 1879 on a 130,000 m² property in the wealthy Parisian suburb of Versailles, France. It is the area’s largest cemetery with more than 12,000 tombs.
Notable interments
- Marc Allégret, (1900-1973), film director
- Louis Blériot, (1872-1936), pioneer aviator
- Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte (1815-1881)
- Gabriel Monod (1844-1912). historian
- Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1855-1921), poet
- Armand Renaud (1836-1895), poet
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937), American writer
References
- Adapted from the article _des _Gonards Cimetière des Gonards, from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.