Montparnasse Cemetery

Montparnasse Cemetery is a cemetery in 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was established in 1824, covering 18.72 hectares. Wikidata records 1049 notable interments here, including Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Charles Baudelaire.

At a glance

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Opening hours

• Monday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Thursday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Friday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Saturday: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
• Sunday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Source: Google Places. Last checked 2026-07-23. Hours can change, confirm with the cemetery before visiting.

Notable interments

1049 notable figures are documented here in Wikidata, each with a Wikipedia article and recorded burial place. The 25 most widely covered are listed below. Browse all 1049, or take the JSON record.

Of Montparnasse Cemetery's 1,049 documented notable interments, recorded occupations include painter (12%), journalist (9%), politician (8%), university teacher (7%), writer (6%).

• Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), epistemologist, political writer, peace activist
• Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), diarist, philosophy teacher, feminist
• Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), writer, draftsperson, essayist
• Jacques Chirac (1932–2019), official, politician
• Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893), short story writer, novelist, journalist
• Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), French resistance fighter, video artist, cricketer
• Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), topologist, philosopher of science, philosopher
• Émile Durkheim (1858–1917), historian of religion, anthropologist, philosopher
• Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744–1829), evolutionary biologist, scientific collector, malacologist
• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865), anarchist, philosopher, revolutionary
• Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994), diarist, television actor, film actor
• Évariste Galois (1811–1832), mathematician
• Susan Sontag (1933–2004), women's rights activist, essayist, literary critic
• Julio Cortázar (1914–1984), writer
• Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946), chess theoretician, chess player, translator
• Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007), philosopher, anthropologist, literary critic
• Tristan Tzara (1896–1963), French resistance fighter, draftsperson, activist
• Emil Cioran (1911–1995), diarist, philosopher, aphorist
• Porfirio Díaz (1830–1915), politician, military personnel
• Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012), prose writer, novelist, opinion journalist
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), musicologist, music teacher, music critic
• Q153248 (1914–1996), women's rights activist, autobiographer, librettist
• Frédéric Passy (1822–1912), humanist, pacifist, political economist
• Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922), bacteriologist, parasitologist, microbiologist
• Charles Richet (1850–1935), immunologist, researcher, physiologist

Common questions

Where is Montparnasse Cemetery?

Montparnasse Cemetery is in 14th arrondissement of Paris, France, at coordinates 48.8378, 2.3283.

When was Montparnasse Cemetery established?

Montparnasse Cemetery was established in 1824, according to Wikidata.

Who is buried at Montparnasse Cemetery?

Wikidata documents 1049 notable interments at Montparnasse Cemetery, including Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Charles Baudelaire, Jacques Chirac, Guy de Maupassant.

Records and sources

• Wikidata: Q272208 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
• Wikipedia article
• Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)
• OpenStreetMap relation/6911225

Related terms

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Resting Places. "Montparnasse Cemetery, 14th arrondissement of Paris, France." restingplaces.site. Wikidata source record: Q272208. https://restingplaces.site/cemeteries/montparnasse-cemetery/

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