St Symphorien Military Cemetery
The St Symphorien Military Cemetery is a First World War Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in Saint-Symphorien, Belgium. It contains the graves of 284 German and 229 Commonwealth soldiers, principally those killed during the Battle of Mons.Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
- Also known as: “Saint Symphorien Military Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes and Waux-hall.
Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes
Archaeological site
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes are among the largest and earliest Neolithic flint mines which survive in north-western Europe, located close to the Walloon village of Spiennes, southeast of Mons, Belgium. Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes is situated 2½ km southwest of St Symphorien Military Cemetery.
Waux-hall
Park
Photo: Jamtino, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waux-hall is a park, which is situated 4 km northwest of St Symphorien Military Cemetery.
Église Saint-Martin
Church
Photo: François De Vriendt, Public domain.
Église Saint-Martin is a church, which is situated 3½ km west of St Symphorien Military Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Symphorien and Spiennes.
Saint-Symphorien
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Saint-Symphorien is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Mons.
Spiennes
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spiennes is a small village with about a thousand inhabitants in Wallonia, close to Mons. The town itself is mostly an attraction for what it once was, that being the foremost Neolithic production centre of pre-historic Europe.
Villers-Saint-Ghislain
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Villers-Saint-Ghislain is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Mons.
St Symphorien Military Cemetery
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Mons, Arrondissement of Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.43225° or 50° 25′ 56″ northLongitude
4.01053° or 4° 0′ 38″ eastOperator
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionOpen location code
9F26C2J6+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 94557859OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q12013407
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“St Symphorien Military Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣桑福里安军人公墓”
- Chinese: “圣桑福里安英联邦国殇纪念坟场管理委员会坟场”
- Chinese: “聖桑福里安軍人公墓”
- Dutch: “St. Symphorien Military Cemetery”
- French: “cimetière militaire germano-britannique de Saint-Symphorien”
- French: “Cimetière militaire germano-britannique de Saint-Symphorien”
- German: “Ehrenfriedhof Saint-Symphorien-Spiennes. Number 191”
- German: “Soldatenfriedhof Saint-Symphorien”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות הצבאי סן-סמפוריאן”
- Italian: “Cimitero militare tedesco e del Commonwealth di Saint-Symphorien”
- Japanese: “サン＝シンフォリアン軍人墓地”
- Ukrainian: “Військове кладовище Сен-Симфор’єн”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Symphorien and RFCR Symphorinois.
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