communal cemetery of Pantin

The Cimetière parisien de Pantin stretches across one hundred and seven hectares, making it the largest active cemetery in France. You can distinguish the grounds by the rigid, grid-like network of thirty-two kilometers of avenues, which are lined by over eight thousand trees of diverse species. It was inaugurated in November eighteen eighty-six to accommodate the rapid population growth of Paris, as the city’s existing burial spaces within its administrative boundaries reached capacity.