Cemeteries

Paris Cemeteries from the Mayor’s Office Web site

Three Paris cemeteries articles in English from the Mayor’s Web  site.

Find a Famous Grave in Paris Cemeteries

Find a Family Grave in Paris

Information from the Web site Cimetières de France et d’ailleurs: (Use Google Translate)
Bercy , 39 rue de Charonton, Metro: Porte-de-Charonton.
Valmy (12th), 102 avenue de la Porte-de-Charonton, Metro: Porte de Charonton.
Sainte-Mande , rue de General-Archinard, Metro Porte Doree.
Batignolles , 8 rue Saint-Just, Metro: Porte de Clichy.
Calvaire (18th), 2 rue Mont-Cenis, Metro: Abbesses or Lamarck.
La Villette , 46 rue Hautpol, Metro: Ourcq.
Belleville , 40 rue du Telegraphe, Metro: Telegraphe.

Wikipedia references:
Near central Paris:
A-B
American National Cemetery – Suresnes American Cemetery
Batignolles Cemetery
C
Catacombs of Paris
Chapelle expiatoire
Cimetière de Grenelle
Communards’ Wall
E
Errancis Cemetery
I
Les Invalides
M
Madeleine Cemetery
Montmartre Cemetery
Montparnasse CemeteryThe Pigeon Story – Non-exploding gas lamp video
P
Panthéon, Paris
Passy Cemetery

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Oscar Wilde – David Downie’s story
Mayor of Paris page about why Oscar Wilde’s tomb had to be renovated (lipstick on his collar, on the mausoleum) (Use Google Translate)

Picpus Cemetery

S
Saint-Vincent Cemetery
Saints Innocents Cemetery

Information from the APPL Web site. Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise (APPL) is a non-profit organizations founded in 2004 by a group of friends passionate about Pere Lachaise cemetery. Their Web site contains information about other cemeteries. (Use Google Translate)

Asnieres
Auteuil map
Belleville map

Calvaire (Saint-Pierre de Montmartre) map
Charonne map
Creteil map
Gentilly
Grenelle
Montmartre 1830 map Who is buried in Montmartre with photo and story (in French)
Montparnasse
Montrouge map
Neuilly map
Pantheon
Passy map
Pere-Lachaise
Picpus
Saint-Denis

Saint-Mandé map
Saint-Ouen map

Saint-Vincent
Thaiais map – “does not have the best reputation, it is often called the cemetery of the poor and forgotten…” (“Sa réputation n’est pas formidable, il est souvent appelé cimetière des pauvres ou cimetière de l’oubli…”)
Villette map
Vaugirard map

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