Cimetière de l’Est

Cimetière de l’Est is a cemetery in Lille, North, Hauts-de-France. Cimetière de l’Est is situated nearby to the wayside shrine Chapelle de la famille Gonnet, as well as near the railway station Gare de Lille Europe.

Photo: JÄNNICK Jérémy, Public domain.

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Lille, France
Also known as: “Cimetiere de l’Est” and “cimetière de l’Est”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gare de Lille Europe and Chapelle de la famille Gonnet.

Gare de Lille Europe

Railway station

Photo: JÄNNICK Jérémy, Public domain.

Lille–Europe station is a SNCF railway station in Lille, France, on the LGV Nord high-speed railway. The station is primarily used for international Eurostar and long-distance SNCF TGV services, although some high-speed regional trains also call at the station. Gare de Lille Europe is situated 580 metres southwest of Cimetière de l’Est.

Chapelle de la famille Gonnet

Wayside shrine

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Chapelle de la famille Gonnet is a wayside shrine.

Gare de Lille Flandres

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Lille-Flandres station is the main railway station of Lille, capital of French Flanders. It is a terminus for SNCF Intercity and regional trains. It opened in 1842 as the Gare de Lille, but was renamed in 1993 when Lille Europe station opened. Gare de Lille Flandres is situated 1 km southwest of Cimetière de l’Est.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Euralille and Porte de Tournai.

Euralille

Suburb

Euralille is an urban quarter in the centre of Lille, France. Conceived as a major European business district in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it is strategically located at the intersection of the high-speed railway lines linking Paris, Brussels, and London, and incorporates the Gare de Lille Europe and Gare de Lille Flandres railway stations.