Jewish cemetery of Besançon
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The Jewish cemetery of Besançon is a Jewish
cemetery
located in the French
city of Besançon
. It is the only Jewish cemetery in the département of Doubs
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street, between the Bregille and Palente areas, at the north-west of the city. The older part of the cemetery was procured by two notaries of the Jewish community of Besançon, in 1796, and in 1839, an additional parcel is added at the cemetery. The earliest graves date from 1849, and the cemetery is still in use. At the entrance of the cemetery, a memorial commemorates the members of the Jewish community of Besançon killed during the First World War. Today the Jewish cemetery of Besançon regroup between 400 and 600 tombs, in a zone measuring about 935 m².
Judaism
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cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
located in the French
France
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city of Besançon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...
. It is the only Jewish cemetery in the département of Doubs
Doubs
Doubs is a department the Franche-Comté region of eastern France named after the Doubs River.-History:As early as the 13th century, inhabitants of the northern two-thirds of Doubs spoke the Franc-Comtois language, a dialect of Langue d'Oïl. Residents of the southern third of Doubs spoke a dialect...
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History
The Jewish cemetery of Besançon is located on Anne FrankAnne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
street, between the Bregille and Palente areas, at the north-west of the city. The older part of the cemetery was procured by two notaries of the Jewish community of Besançon, in 1796, and in 1839, an additional parcel is added at the cemetery. The earliest graves date from 1849, and the cemetery is still in use. At the entrance of the cemetery, a memorial commemorates the members of the Jewish community of Besançon killed during the First World War. Today the Jewish cemetery of Besançon regroup between 400 and 600 tombs, in a zone measuring about 935 m².