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.
Some of the well known people interred here are:
- Marc Allégret, (1900-1973), film director
- Louis Bleriot, (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
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References
- Adapted from the article _des _Gonards Cimetière des Gonards, from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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