Schaerbeek Cemetery

Schaerbeek Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Schaerbeek; Dutch: Begraafplaats van Schaarbeek), officially Schaerbeek New Cemetery (French: Nouveau Cimetière de Schaerbeek, Dutch: Nieuwe Begraafplaats van Schaarbeek), is a cemetery belonging to Schaerbeek in Brussels, Belgium, where the municipality's inhabitants have the right to be buried. It is not located in Schaerbeek itself; rather it is partially in the neighbouring municipality of Evere, and partially in the village of Sint-Stevens-Woluwe in Zaventem, Flemish Brabant. The cemetery is adjacent to Brussels Cemetery and Evere Cemetery, but should not be confused with either.

Schaerbeek Cemetery
  • Cimetière de Schaerbeek (French)
  • Begraafplaats van Schaarbeek (Dutch)
Entrance of the cemetery
Interactive map of Schaerbeek Cemetery
Details
Location
Evere, Brussels-Capital Region
CountryBelgium
Coordinates50°52′15″N 4°25′12″E / 50.87083°N 4.42000°E / 50.87083; 4.42000
TypePublic, non-denominational

Location and accessibility

Schaerbeek Cemetery is surrounded by the Avenue Jules Bordet/Jules Bordetlaan, the Rue d'Evere/Eversestraat and the Kleine Eversweg. The entry is in Evere on the Avenue Jules Bordet.

Immediately to the west of Schaerbeek Cemetery, and separated from it by a walkway, is Evere Cemetery.

Notable interments

Personalities buried there include:

  • Henri Jaspar (1870–1939), lawyer and politician
  • Andrée de Jongh (1916–2007), World War II resistance, leader of the Comet Line
  • René Magritte (1898–1967), Belgian surrealist, and his wife Georgette
  • Marcel Mariën (1920–1993), surrealist artist
  • Gabrielle Petit (1893–1916), World War I spy for the Allies

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