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Cimetière Saint-Pierre (Marseille)

the largest cemetery of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ2972480 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Cimetière Saint-Pierre is the largest cemetery in the city of Marseille, Southern France.

Location

It is located at number 380 on Rue Saint-Pierre in the 5th arrondissement of Marseille.

Overview

The cemetery is the third largest cemetery in France after the Cimetière parisien de Pantin and the Cimetière parisien de Thiais, both of which are located in the Parisian region. It was established on 25 September 1855. However, it was only inaugurated on 30 December 1863.

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The public source identifies “Cimetière Saint-Pierre (Marseille)” as the largest cemetery of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Cimetière, Saint-Pierre and Marseille.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1855, 1863—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1855-09-25. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Cimetière, Saint-Pierre and Marseille providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2972480. VIAF identifies the subject as 131703185. The Library of Congress control number is no2004065883. Authority coordinates are 43.289, 5.417. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1855 and 1863.

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This entry incorporates text from “Cimetière Saint-Pierre (Marseille)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.