Saint-Vincent Cemetery

48°53′20″N 2°20′20″E / 48.889°N 2.339°E / 48.889; 2.339TypeCommunalOwned byMairie de ParisSize> 0.7 hectares (1.7 acres)No. of graves900Find a GraveSaint-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 Cimetière du Calvaire 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 Dorgelès (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

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