Saint-Vincent Cemetery

Saint-Vincent Cemetery

Entrance of Saint-Vincent Cemetery
The location of Saint-Vincent Cemetery
Details
Established	1831
Location	Paris, Montmartre
Country	France
Coordinates	48°53′20″N 2°20′20″E / 48.889°N 2.339°E / 48.889; 2.339Coordinates: 48°53′20″N 2°20′20″E / 48.889°N 2.339°E / 48.889; 2.339
Type	Communal
Owned by	Mairie de Paris
Size	> 0.7 hectares (1.7 acres)
No. of graves	900
Find a Grave	Saint-Vincent Cemetery

Saint-Vincent Cemetery (French: Cimetière Saint-Vincent) is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

History[]

Saint-Vincent Cemetery was opened on January 5, 1831. It was Montmartre's second cemetery, built after the had been filled.

Notable interments[]

• Marcel Aymé (1902–1967), writer
• Harry Baur (1880–1943), actor
• Eugène Boudin (1824–1898) painter
• Marcel Carné (1906–1996), film director
• Jules Chéret (1836–1932), master poster designer
• Jean-François Delmas (1861–1933), opera singer
• Suzanne Grandais (1893–1920), actress
• Roland Dorgeles (1885–1973), writer
• Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), composer
• Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht (1880–1965), composer and orchestra leader
• Gen Paul (1895–1975), painter
• Claude Pinoteau (1925–2012), screenwriter and producer
• Paul Sédir (Yvon Le Loup), (1871–1926), writer, philosopher
• Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923) painter
• Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955), painter
• Andrée Vaurabourg (1894–1980), French pianist and teacher

Location[]

Saint-Vincent Cemetery is located in rue Lucien-Gaulard in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France. It is a short walk from the Montmartre Cemetery and near the Sacré-Cœur. The Lapin Agile is located behind the wall, behind the grave of Maurice Utrillo.

The cemetery is a short walk from the Lamarck – Caulaincourt métro station and is serviced by line 12. The nearest railway stations are Gare du Nord and Gare de Pont-Cardinet. The cemetery is also served by bus line 80. There is a Vélib' station at Rue du Coulaincourt (18017).

Gallery[]

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  The grave of poets Platon and Papuoe Argyriades

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  Graves

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  One of the paths through Saint-Vincent Cemetery

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cimetière Saint-Vincent.

• Saint-Vincent Cemetery at Find a Grave
• (in French) Saint-Vincent Cemetery on the Mairie de Paris website (including map)
• (in French) Landru, Philippe, Cimetière Saint-Vincent de Montmartre, Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs 2009
• (in French) Saint-Vincent Cemetery on the APPL website