Cimetière des Gonards

Cimetière des Gonards

Details
Year established	1879
Country	France
Location	Versailles
Size	130,000 square metres (32 acres)
Number 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.

Coordinates: 48°47′29″N 2°8′17″E / 48.79139°N 2.13806°E / 48.79139; 2.13806