Cimetière parisien de Thiais is one of the three Parisien cemeteries extra muros, located in the commune of Thiais, which is in the Val-de-Marne department, in the Île-de-France region.
The cemetery was openened in October 1929 and is therefore the newest of the three Parisien cemeteries extra muros. The others being Cimetière parisien de Bagneux and Cimetière parisien de Pantin. It is now a true cosmopolitan cemetery, where many faiths are represented.
In divisions 48 through 55 there are Jardins de la Fraternité which are meant for burial of those who in Paris who could not afford burial or who could not be identified. Because of this it has the reputation of being the "Cemetery of the poor and penniless".There is a monument for those who have given their bodies to science (in division 102).Division 94 is reserved for stillbirths.There are military sections in divisions 1 and 17.There are also a number of memorials:
Monument for the French resistance (1942) (division 7)The Ermenonville crash in 1974 (division 16)The Paris-Brazzaville crash in 1961 (division 22)Monument for the Policier auxiliaires, persons who have chosen to do their national service in the French national police force (division 25)Monument for French Indochina solidarity (division 36)Monuments for Génie de la Terre (Chinese protective deities) (division 36 and 44)Individual burials. Many of the graves have been cleared after the concession ran out.
Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry, French Air Force lieutenant-colonel, sentenced to death by court marshall, he was the last person to be executed by firing squad, later reburied in the cemetery of Bourg-la-ReineAndré Berley, French actorFrancisco Boix-Campo, Spanish republican and survivor of MauthausenMarcel Bucard, French fascist politicianJean Cassou, French writer, art critic, poet and member of the French Resistance during World War IIGeorges Catroux, French army generalPaul Celan, Romanian poet and translator, with his wife Gisèle LestrangeJean-Paul Le Chanois, French film director, screenwriter and actorAndré Deed, French-born actor and directorLise Delamare, French actressJean-Luc Delarue, French television presenter and producerKurt Gerstein, German SS-officerÉtienne Hajdú, Transylvania-born French sculptor of Jewish descent and resistance fighterJean Hérold-Paquis, French journalist who fought for Franco and the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil WarCatherine Hessling, French actressLoumia Hiridjee, French businesswoman (Princesse Tam Tam)Gina Manès, Silent movie starDaniel Mayer, French politician (donated his body to science)Pascal Mazzotti, French actor, remains transferred to BiarritzFarhad Mehrad, Award winning Persian rock singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist. In Iran known as Farhad. Burial place of ashes.Gérald Neveu, French poetAlice Prin, better known as Kiki or The Queen of Montparnasse, grave was cleared in 1974Albert Raisner, French harmonica player, TV and radio host and producerJoseph Roth, Austrian-Jewish journalist and novelistHan Ryner, French individualist anarchist philosopher and activist and a novelistLev Sedov, son of Léon Trotsky and his second wife Natalia Sedova, activist in the Trotskyist movementMadeleine Sologne, French actressFranz Stock, first German theology student in France since the Middle Ages, his remains were transferred to the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Rechèvres in Chartres in June 1963Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian author of science fiction and political satireZog of Albania, Former president and king of AlbaniaLocated in the banlieu, southwest of the city of Paris, France, the main entrance to the Cimetière de Thiais is located at 261 Route de Fontainebleau, in Thiais (near the junction with Avenue de la Republique). There is also a smaller entrance: Porte Est on Avenue de Général de Gaulle.
The inhabitants of Thiais are buried in the communal cemetery just off Avenue Général de Gaulle, near Espace des 4 Saisons.
The Cimetière de Thiais is a short walk from the Villejuif – Louis Aragon métro station, which can be reached by taking line 7. The nearest railway station is Pont de Rungis – Aéroport d'Orly which is served by line C, although it is not really nearby.
The Cimetière de Thiais is also served by bus lines 185, 192, 285 and 396.
There is a Vélib' station at Avenue de Fontainebleau (42703).
