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Starting point and access: Porte de Charenton.
- Metro – Line 8. Take Exit 2 onto Boulevard Poniatowski.
- Tram – Line T3a.
(S/E) Upon exiting the metro station, go straight ahead and walk alongside the tram station. At the traffic lights, turn right onto Rue de Charenton towards Bastille/Gare de Lyon. Cross Avenue du Général Michel Bizot, pass the main cemetery gate (reserved for vehicles) and you will soon reach the entrance via the side gate at No. 329.
The route within the cemetery is a guide only and there are various alternative routes. In the description below, the names appearing on the graves may be highlighted for three different reasons:
1) Graves of notable figures, in which case a lower-case letter in brackets refers to a short entry in the ‘Places to see’ section, where the names are listed in the order in which they appear on the route.
2) Particularly original monuments.
3) Useful landmarks within the cemetery.
(1) Enter the cemetery and turn immediately right. Note Armand Guillon’s grave (a) on the left. Cross the Main Avenue on the left-hand side, leaving the main gate on your right. Shortly afterwards, at the corner marked by the Lecomte family’s grave, take a grassy path to the left. On the left-hand side, the Lacoudre family’s grave is adorned with a small seascape.
At a T-junction, follow a wide grassy path to the right. At the end, note on the right the Vincenzi family grave, marked by deaths at a young or relatively young age, including two on the same day (a car accident?).
(2) Then follow a grassy path to the left along the wall. Just before the Toulze family grave, turn left onto a concrete path. Join Avenue Centrale at a large central chapel where Louis Gallois (b) and Albert Vandal (c) are buried.
(3) Turn right, walk past the chapel on your left and continue along Avenue Principale. At the corner by the Durchon grave, turn right. Shortly after passing a chapel on your left, turn left onto a grassy path, leaving the Lebrun grave on your right. At the T-junction, turn right. You will soon come to a path running perpendicular to this; turn left twice, following the wall. You will reach a junction with a fountain.
(4) Follow Avenue Principale to the left and you will soon see Paul Pernin’s grave on the left (d). Retrace your steps back to the fountain.
(4) Then turn left and note, on the left-hand side, the Caral grave adorned with doves of peace. Next, turn left into a cobbled path. At the next junction, continue straight ahead then veer to the right, still following the cobbled path. Continue straight ahead until the next bend, at the foot of Charles Greig’s grave (e), surmounted by a cross within a circle.
With your back to this grave, take the path opposite, which immediately veers to the left. Note, on the right-hand side, the grave of Bernard Délivré (f). Return to the Main Avenue and follow it to the right, passing the large chapel on your right.
(3) Turn right onto Chemin Latéral. At the end, turn left. At the junction, carry on straight ahead. At the next junction, carry on straight ahead and note, on the right-hand side, the grave of Théodore Dehaese (g) and then that of Louis Thomas-d’Hoste (h). Carry on straight ahead past some small chapels and note, on the left-hand side, the grave of Pierre Zizine (i).
(1) Two options on leaving the cemetery:
- Turn left and, following the route in reverse to the one taken on the way there, head towards the Porte de Charenton (S/E).
- If you wish to extend the walk slightly, as shown on the map, turn right and then immediately right again onto Rue Théodore Hamont. Follow this winding street as it runs alongside the north-west wall of the cemetery. At the end, turn right onto Rue des Meuniers. At the traffic lights, cross Rue du Général Michel Bizot again and climb the steps opposite. Cross over the old Petite Ceinture railway line and head back down. You’ll come out onto Boulevard Poniatowski; follow it to the right and you’ll soon reach the Porte de Charenton (S/E).
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