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| Established | 1879 |
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| Country | France |
| Coordinates | 48°47′29″N2°8′17″E / 48.79139°N 2.13806°E /48.79139; 2.13806 |
| Type | garden cemetery |
| Size | 13 hectares (32 acres) |
| No. of graves | 12,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | Cimetière des Gonards |
TheCimetière des Gonards (French pronunciation:[simtjɛʁdeɡɔnaʁ]) is the largestcemetery inVersailles on the outskirts ofParis. It began operations in 1879. The cemetery covers an area of 13 hectares (32 acres) and contains more than 12,000 graves.
This is a rurally landscaped cemetery, the upper part of which is laid out with walks and planted with trees. The Devos-Logie and Mirand-Devos Chapels were designed by the architectHector Guimard in 1894.
There is a section for military graves, including 534 German military graves from the two World Wars, marked by a monument and stelae of pink granite, and awar graves section containing the graves of 181 British Commonwealth service personnel of both World Wars.[1] In the highest part is a monument to those French service personnel who are buried in the graveyards of North Africa.
The cemetery also contains a Jewish area (sections "L sud" and "L ouest"), and many English and American Protestant burials.
The notorious executed murderersHenri Désiré Landru andEugène Weidmann are buried here, in unmarked graves.[2]
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