Notre Dame de Lorette French National War Cemetery
Notre Dame de Lorette, also known as Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery, is the world's largest French military cemetery. It is the name of a ridge, basilica, and French national cemetery northwest of Arras at the village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire.Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
- Also known as: “Notre Dame de Lorette” and “Notre Dame de Lorette National Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Notre Dame de Lorette Basilica and Notre Dame de Lorette Lantern Tower & Ossuary.
Notre Dame de Lorette Basilica
Church
Photo: Poudou99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notre Dame de Lorette Basilica is a church.
Notre Dame de Lorette Lantern Tower & Ossuary
Memorial
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notre Dame de Lorette Lantern Tower & Ossuary is a memorial.
Notre-Dame de Lorette Museum
Museum
Photo: MatteoNL97, CC BY 4.0.
Notre-Dame de Lorette Museum is situated 240 metres west of Notre Dame de Lorette French National War Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Liévin and Grenay.
Liévin
Town
Photo: JÄNNICK Jérémy, Public domain.
Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called Liévinois in French. Liévin is situated 4½ km northeast of Notre Dame de Lorette French National War Cemetery.
Grenay
Village
Photo: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, GFDL.
Grenay is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is part of the arrondissement of Lens, the canton of Wingles and the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin. The current mayor is Christelle Buissette, elected in 2023. Grenay is situated 5 km north of Notre Dame de Lorette French National War Cemetery.
Avion
Town
Photo: Maitre So, Public domain.
Avion is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Avion is situated 8 km east of Notre Dame de Lorette French National War Cemetery.
Notre Dame de Lorette French National War Cemetery
Latitude
50.40109° or 50° 24′ 4″ northLongitude
2.71873° or 2° 43′ 7″ eastOpen location code
9F24CP29+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 117859825OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q2972644
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Notre Dame de Lorette French National War Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Emgann Lorette”
- Breton: “Notre Dame de Lorette”
- Catalan: “Cementiri Nacional de Notre Dame de Lorette”
- Chinese: “圣母洛雷托国家公墓”
- Chinese: “聖母洛雷托國家公墓”
- Dutch: “Necropole de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette”
- Dutch: “Nécropole de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette”
- Dutch: “Necropole nationale de Notre-Dame de Lorette”
- Dutch: “Nécropole nationale de Notre-Dame de Lorette”
- French: “nécropole nationale de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette”
- French: “Nécropole nationale de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette”
- French: “Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (cimetière)”
- German: “Französischer Nationalfriedhof Notre Dame de Lorette”
- German: “Französischer Nationalfriedhof Notre-Dame-de-Lorette”
- German: “Nationalfriedhof Notre-Dame-de-Lorette”
- Hungarian: “Notre-Dame-de-Lorette katonai temető”
- Swedish: “Lorettehöjden”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grave of Général Ernest Barbot and Memorial to Général Maistre and the French 21ˢᵗ Army Corps.
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