Cemetery #2642
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Local name: Cimetière du Père Lachaise
Also known as Cimetière Père-Lachaise · Cimetière de l’Est · Colombarium du Père Lachaise
171
documented records
≈ 8.6k–17k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.430 km²
cemetery area
Nov 6, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery, formerly known as the Cimetière de l'Est, is the largest and best-known cemetery in Paris and lies in the city's 20th arrondissement. It is described as the largest green space within the city limits of Paris and is the resting place of many celebrities, with numerous monuments. It is one of fourteen cemeteries inside the city walls.
Read more in our story: Cemeteries That Became Arboretums and Woodland
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 48.861599° N, 2.393700° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
Showing the first 50 of 171, A–Z by surname. Search all records
Hermine Augenblick 1928 – 2023 - Wladimir Augenblick 1911 – 2001
Elisa Bellon 1806 – 1879 
Léon Berthet 1847 – 1918 - Lucie Berthet 1840 – 1933
Claude Capitain 1767 – 1855 
Reine Chavelson 1871 – 1961 
Bernard Cottin 1920 – 2003 - Bertrand Cottin 1949 – 2005
- Chantal Cottin 1927 – 2005
- Nicolas Cottin 1760 – 1820
Octavie Coudroy 1835 – 1867 
Félix de Bezieux ? – 1894 
Pierre Degels 1905 – 1970 - Alfred Demange 1877 – 1950
- Claude Demange 1801 – 1871
- Gaston Demange 1876 – 1876
- Maurice Demange 1878 – 1878
- Victor Demange 1841 – 1918
- Demange 1882 – 1974
Madeleine Denis 1909 – 1998 
Frédéric De Sainte Opportune 1961 – 1998 
Nicole Devillaine 1931 – 2018 
Pêre Devos 1932 – 2012 
Yves Douge 1948 – 2004 
Berthe Dray 1919 – 2014 - Gaston Dray 1913 – 1979
- François Dubois 1856 – 1927
- Gabrielle Dubois 1864 – 1937
Gilles du Bourg 1946 – 2023 
Pauline Dubuisson 1825 – 1894 
Alice Dufayard 1884 – 1907 
Henriette Euvrard 1899 – 1991 
Pascale Euvrard 1948 – 2002 - Dégardin Fanny 1835 – 1918
- Marguerite Faucheur 1764 – 1826
Claudine Ferron 1961 – 1990 - Michel Ferron 1944 – 1997
Fortune Fessin 1937 – 2020 
Rachel Fraenckel 1875 – 1944 
Eugene Fromont 1852 – 1927 - Roland Front 1946 – 2022
Jonathan Gerard 1951 – 2020 
Michel Gillot 1937 – 1976 
Gustave Goublier 1856 – 1926 - Henri Goublier 1888 – 1951
Genevieve Grandsain 1925 – 1926 
Jacqueline Gross 1934 – 2024 
Edouard Grossel 1855 – 1884 - Marie Grossel 1838 – 1913
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Charonne Cemetery 750 m away · Paris
- Belleville Cemetery 1.6 km away · Paris
- Picpus Cemetery 2.0 km away · Paris · 14 records
- Saint-Mandé North Cemetery 2.3 km away · Saint-Mandé
- La Vilette Cemetery 2.6 km away · Paris
- Lilas Cemetery 2.7 km away · Les Lilas
- Pasteur Cemetery 2.9 km away · Les Lilas
- Saint-Mandé South Cemetery 3.0 km away · Saint-Mandé
- Pantin Cemetery 3.1 km away · Pantin
- Pré-Saint-Gervais Cemetery 3.1 km away · Pantin
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Common questions
How big is Père Lachaise Cemetery?
Père Lachaise Cemetery covers about 43 hectares (430,000 m²), a little larger than Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. It is the 5th largest of the 1,552 cemeteries we list in Île-de-France.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Père Lachaise Cemetery is that of Alexandre Kucharski, who died in 1819 at the age of 78.