Cemetery #172516
Ghent West Cemetery
Local name: Westerbegraafplaats
Also known as Westerbegraafplaats Gent
25
documented records
≈ 3,800–7,500
approx. capacity (graves)
0.188 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Westerbegraafplaats is a large municipal cemetery in the north-west of Ghent, at Palinghuizen 143 near Mariakerke. Covering 23 hectares, almost half of it green, it was laid out as a park in the English landscape style, with an avenue of beeches leading to an imposing portal. The entrance buildings and boundary wall were built between 1867 and 1882 to a design by the city architect. It contains monumental graves of Ghent's wealthy bourgeoisie, and Jews, Protestants and liberal citizens of Ghent were buried here.
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Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 51.072182° N, 3.700491° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
25 memorials, A–Z by surname.
Berthe Amerlinck 1880 – 1961 
Théodore Annez 1859 – 1951 
Sophia Beyens 1868 – 1958 
Albert Callier 1846 – 1920 
Helene Cornelis 1896 – 1979 - Hippolyte Cornelis 1860 – 1946
Emile De Clercq 1886 – 1940 
Philomene Deneels 1891 – 1968 
Jacqueline De Rudder 1926 – 2015 
Martha Dury 1911 – 1994 
Jules Flamand 1851 – 1877 
Sidonie Henderick 1861 – 1940 
Constant Heynderyckx 1855 – 1930 - Louise Heynderyckx 1886 – 1968
Marie Hoste 1872 – 1929 - Albert Molitor 1879 – 1948
Leon Servais 1832 – 1902 - Frans Sinnaeve 1893 – 1977
- Madeleine Tiberghien 1856 – 1929
- Georges Va Bocxstaele 1887 – 1973
- Virginie Van De Winkele 1861 – 1931
Suzanne Van Heuverswyn 1891 – 1919 
Benoit Vantrappen 1861 – 1943 - Gabrielle Vantrappen 1890 – 1916
- Raoul-Constant Verbist 1937 – 2009
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Gent City Cemetery, Commonwealth Plot 190 m away · Gent
- Belgian military plot, Gent 200 m away · Gent
- Mariakerke Cemetery 1.8 km away · Gent
- Wondelgem (Churchyard) 2.0 km away · Gent
- Drongen Communal Cemetery 3.4 km away · Drongen
- Wondelgem, Communal Cemetery 3.4 km away · Gent
- Campo Santo 3.5 km away · Gent · 32 records
- Drongen Abbey Cemetery 3.8 km away · Drongen
- Belzele Cemetery 4.1 km away · Kuitenberg
- Evergem Communal Cemetery 4.4 km away · Ghent
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Common questions
How big is Ghent West Cemetery?
Ghent West Cemetery covers about 18.8 hectares (188,000 m²), about the same size as Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. It is the largest of the 379 cemeteries we list in East Flanders.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Ghent West Cemetery is that of Jules Henri Flamand, who died on April 19, 1877 at the age of 26.