the Armistice. The plot is amidst French military war graves. Individual burials Because even the cemetery does not seem to have an exhaustive list of burials and the amount of burials is vast, only a selection: Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès (1931-2013), artist Jeanne Aubert (1906-1988), actress Jacques Audiberti (1899-1965), writer Doris Bensimon (1924–2009), Austrian-born French sociologist and academic Émile Bernard (1868-1941), painter Boris Bouieff (1925-1979), writer (anonymous, plain, earthen grave in division 54) Thomas Breakwell (1872-1901), Bahá'í convert Eugène Criqui (1893-1977), boxer Damia (1892-1978), singer René Daumal (1908–1944), writer Gabrielle Fontan (1873-1959), actress Fratellini family members, circus family Fréhel (1891-1951), singer Wiera Gran (1916-2007), singer Constantin Guys (1802-1892) Dutch-born painter Alphonse Halimi (1932-2006), boxer André Hardellet (1911-1974), poet and writer Helno (1963-1993), singer with Les Négresses Vertes Véra Korène (1901-1996), Russian-born actress Ludwik de Laveaux (painter) (1868-1894), Polish painter Ginette Leclerc (1912-1991), actress Emmanuel Lévinas (1906-1995), philosopher Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973), film director/producer, Resistance fighter Reinette L'Oranaise (1918-1998), singer San Yu (1901-1966), Chinese-French painter Savielly Tartakower (1887-1956), Polish-French chess Grandmaster, chess journalist and author Jules Védrines (1881-1919), aviator Ilarie Voronca (1903-1946), poet Louise Weber (1866-1929), Cancan dancer, later reinterred at Montmartre Cemetery Jean d'Yd (1880-1964), actor Notable ornaments The grave of private Germain Verlé, with a sculpture by Georges Meynial (division 15) The massive tomb in division 9, dedicated to mes maîtres Déon et Dea Monuments Spread around the cemetery there are memorials for certain events such as for the victims of the Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux crash of 1956 (in division 126). Location The main entrance to the Cimetière parisien de Pantin is on 164 Avenue Jean Jaurès (it is actually on Avenue du Cimetière Parisien), in Pantin (one of the banlieu of Paris). There is also a gate named Porte de Petits Points on Avenue du Général Leclerc (near the junction with Chemin des Vignes). There are two other gates, Porte de Pailleux and Porte d'Illustration, but these are only open on Rosh Hashanah and All Saints' Day. The cemetery is located next to Fort d'Aubervilliers. Public transport The cemetery is a short walk from the Aubervilliers – Pantin – Quatre Chemins or Fort d'Aubervilliers métro stations, which can be reached by taking line 7. The nearest railway station is Pantin which is served by line E. The cemetery is also served by bus lines 151 and 152. There is a Vélib' station at Avenue Jean Jaurès (35001). External links