Vaugirard Cemetery


Vaugirard Cemetery is a cemetery in Paris, located at 320 rue Lecourbe and occupying 1.5 hectares of land to the west of that street. It opened in 1787 and contains 2500 tombs and 95 trees from 17 different species, making it one of the oldest cemeteries still active in the city.

History

It is the third cemetery to bear that name. It was used by the inhabitants of Grenelle before it had its own cemetery. The town of Vaugirard and its cemetery were both merged into the city of Paris in 1860 and two years later a large military plot was added for inhabitants of les Invalides, with casualties from both world wars later added.

Burials

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