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Montmartre Cemetery (Fr: Cimetière de Montmartre) is a famous cemetery located at 37 Avenue Samson, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people This list of cemeteries compiles notable cemeteries, Mausoleums and other places people are buried, worldwide. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the shutting down of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786, as they presented health hazards. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Several new cemeteries replaced all the Parisian ones, outside the precincts of the capital, in the early 19th century: Montmartre in the north, Père-Lachaise Cemetery in the east, Passy Cemetery in the west and Montparnasse Cemetery in the south. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Père Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetière du Père-Lachaise officially cimetière de l'Est, "East Cemetery" is the largest Cemetery in the city of Paris The Passy Cemetery ( Fr: Cimetière de Passy is a famous cemetery located at 2 rue du Commandant Schlœsing in Passy, in the 16ème ''arrondissement'' Montparnasse Cemetery ( French: Cimetière de Montparnasse) is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, part of the

Located west of the Butte, near the beginning of Rue Caulaincourt in Place Clichy, the cemetery in the Montmartre quarter of Paris is built below street level in the hollow of an old quarry with its entrance on Avenue Rachel under Rue Caulaincourt. For other places with the same name see Clichy. Clichy-sous-Bois (formerly Clichy-en-Aulnois) is a commune in the Montmartre is a hill (the butte Montmartre) which is 130 metres high giving its name to the surrounding district in the north of Paris in the 18th A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or Minerals are extracted The cemetery epitomizes the artsy, quixotic, gentle, almost whimsical Paris that every romantic visitor secretly cherishes.

A popular tourist destination, it is the final resting place for many famous artists who lived and worked in the Montmartre area. A few of the famous buried in the Montmartre Cemetery are:

Tombstone of Vaslav Nijinsky in Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris. The statue shows Nijinsky as the puppet Petrouchka.
Tombstone of Vaslav Nijinsky in Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris. Nijinsky redirects here For other uses of the name see Nijinsky (disambiguation. The statue shows Nijinsky as the puppet Petrouchka. Petrouchka or Petrushka ( Pétrouchka; Петрушка) is a Ballet with music by the Russian Composer
Tomb of Stendhal
Tomb of Stendhal
Tomb of Dalida
Tomb of Dalida
Tomb of Jacques Offenbach
Tomb of Jacques Offenbach

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