Cimetière des Champeaux de Montmorency

The Cimetière des Champeaux de Montmorency, at Montmorency, Val-d'Oise in Île-de-France, is a cemetery first established in the 17th century. It has the particularity of being the largest Polish burial place in France, hence its appellation as the "Pantheon of the Polish Emigration".

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Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in France
Also known as: “ancien cimetière de Montmorency”, “Champeaux cemetery of Montmorency”, “cimetière ancien de Montmorency”, “cimetière polonais de Montmorency”, “Cmentarz polski w Montmorency”, “cmentarz w Montmorency”, “Lengyel emigráció panteonja”, “Lengyel nekropolisz”, “nécropole polonaise de Montmorency”, “Panteon polskiej emigracji”, “polska nekropolia we Francji”, “Манмарансі”, “могілкі Шампо”, “Пантеон польської еміграції”, “польскія могілкі ў Манмарансі”, “Польське кладовище в Монморансі”, and “польський некрополь в Франції”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Hôtel de Ville, Montmorency and Fort de Montmorency.

Hôtel de Ville, Montmorency

Town hall

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The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, in the northern suburbs of Paris, standing on Avenue Foch. Hôtel de Ville, Montmorency is situated 540 metres south of Cimetière des Champeaux de Montmorency.

Fort de Montmorency

Castle

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The Fort de Montmorency was built following the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris. Located to the north of Paris in Montmorency, the fort was part of an outer ring of fortifications built in response to improvements in the range and effectiveness of artillery since the construction of the Thiers fortifications of the 1840s. Fort de Montmorency is situated 700 metres north of Cimetière des Champeaux de Montmorency.

House of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Museum

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House of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a museum, which is situated 790 metres south of Cimetière des Champeaux de Montmorency.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montmorency and Groslay.

Montmorency

Town

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Montmorency is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 15.3 km from the centre of Paris. Montmorency was the fief of the Montmorency family, one of the oldest and most distinguished families of the French nobility.