Père Lachaise Cemetery

Summary

Père Lachaise Cemetery is a cemetery^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of cemetery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,515 views/month, #4 of 1,138).^[2]

Key Facts

• Père Lachaise Cemetery is located in 20th arrondissement of Paris^[3].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery is in the country of France^[4].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's image is recorded as Père-Lachaise - entrée principale 01.jpg^[5].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's instance of is recorded as cemetery^[6].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's architect is recorded as Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart^[7].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's owned by is recorded as municipality of Paris^[8].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's operator is recorded as municipality of Paris^[9].
• François de La Chaise is named after Père Lachaise Cemetery^[10].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135988342^[11].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's GND ID is recorded as 4075890-4^[12].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82144566^[13].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11952843v^[14].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15203625x^[15].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's IdRef ID is recorded as 027502864^[16].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's location is recorded as Quartier du Père-Lachaise^[17].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's postal code is recorded as 75020^[18].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's part of is recorded as European Cemeteries Route^[19].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's part of is recorded as Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe^[20].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's Commons category is recorded as Père-Lachaise Cemetery^[21].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's Mérimée ID is recorded as PA00086780^[22].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11838120^[23].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's has part is recorded as Frédéric Chopin's tomb^[24].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's has part is recorded as Communards' Wall^[25].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's has part is recorded as Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise^[26].
• Père Lachaise Cemetery's has part is recorded as Héloïse and Abélard's tomb^[27].

Body

Geography

Père Lachaise Cemetery is in the country of France^[4]. It is located in 20th arrondissement of Paris^[3]. Part of include European Cemeteries Route^[19], a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe^[28] and Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe^[20], a nonprofit organization^[29], founded in 2001^[30], headquartered in Bologna^[31].

Designation and Status

Père Lachaise Cemetery's instance of is recorded as cemetery^[6]. Heritage statuses include monument historique inscrit^[32] and classified historical monument^[33].

History and Context

+1804-05-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Père Lachaise Cemetery^[34]. Its owned by is recorded as municipality of Paris^[8]. François de La Chaise is named after it^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Père Lachaise Cemetery include Père Lachaise^[35], a metro station^[36], in France^[37], founded in 1903^[38].

Why It Matters

Père Lachaise Cemetery ranks in the top 0.35% of cemetery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,515 views/month, #4 of 1,138).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for it include Père Lachaise^[35], a metro station^[36], in France^[37], founded in 1903^[38].