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Montrouge Cemetery

Coordinates: 48°49′20″N 2°19′9″E / 48.82222°N 2.31917°E / 48.82222; 2.31917
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48°49′20″N 2°19′9″E / 48.82222°N 2.31917°E / 48.82222; 2.31917 Montrouge Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Montrouge) is a cemetery in the south of the 14th arrondissement of Paris, located between the Boulevards of the Marshals and Boulevard Périphérique. It was created in 1819 in the commune of Montrouge, but was transferred to the City of Paris in 1925 following a border change.

Whilst the most visited grave is that of Coluche, there are many other graves of interest,[1] as well as a crypt. Despite being a Parisian cemetery, the influence of Montrouge is noteworthy, most notably through the granite stele commemorating 96 soldiers from Montrouge fallen on World War I battlegrounds.

Selection of personalities buried in the cemetery

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Cemetery entrance
View of the northern part of the cemetery
View of the south dominated by the tomb of Maurice Arnoux
Coluche's grave, always flowery
Grave Name Dates Désignation
Maurice Arnoux 1895–1940 aviator
Odile Astié 1941–1980 first French stunt woman
Michel Audiard 1920–1985 dialoguist, screenwriter and director
Jurgis Baltrušaitis 1873–1944 Lithuanian symbolist poet and translator
Émile Bégin 1802–1888 physician and historian
István Beöthy 1897–1961 sculptor and architect of Hungarian origin
Georges Biscot 1889–1944 actor and singer
Eugénie Buffet 1866–1934 singer of music hall
Cécile Cerf
Marcel Cerf
1916–1973
1911–2010
Resistant
historian
Pierre Clerget 1875–1943 engineer and inventor
Coluche 1944–1986 comedian and actor
René Crevel 1900–1935 surrealist writer and poet
Gabriel Cromer 1873–1934 photographer and collector
Georges Cusin 1902–1964 stage and film actor
Jules Déchin 1869–1947 statuary (buried with his stepfather Louis Noël)
Emmanuel Dolivet 1854–1910 sculptor
Maurice Escande 1892–1973 stage and film actor
Félix Fourdrain 1880–1923 organist and composer
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes 1932–2007 physicist, Collège de France faculty, Nobel prize
Gustave Geffroy 1855–1926 journalist, art critic, historian and novelist
Henri Ginoux 1909–1994 mayor of Montrouge
Albert Kazimirski de Biberstein 1808–1887 orientalist of Polish origin
Grégory Ken 1947–1996 singer
Alphonse Kirchhoffer 1873–1913 foil fencing master
Georges Kirsch 1892–1969 aviator and test pilot
Ernest La Jeunesse 1874–1917 journalist and drama critic
Lina Margy 1914–1973 singer
Jacques Paul Migne (called Abbé Migne) 1800–1875 priest and publisher (buried in the crypt)
Germaine Montero 1909–2000 comedian and singer
Henri Mouillefarine 1910–1994 racing cyclist
Dimitri Navachine 1889–1937 Russian politician and economist
Louis Noël 1839–1925 sculptor (buried with his son in law Jules Déchin)
Charles Pélissier 1903–1959 racing cyclist
Henri Queffélec 1910–1992 writer
Lucien Rosengart 1881–1976 car manufacturer
Albert Simonin 1905–1980 writer and scriptwriter
Nicolas de Staël 1914–1955 painter of Russian origin
André Tollet 1913–2001 union leader

References

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  1. ^ Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs – Montrouge (92) : cimetières, sur landrucimetieres.fr. Consulté le 16 février 2013.
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