Bobigny cemetery

Bobigny cemetery is a Muslim-only burial ground near Paris in the town of Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

Lying just a few kilometers to the northeast of Paris, the town of Bobigny is home to one of only two Muslim cemeteries in France. It was created by the French government in 1937 on the site adjacent to the Franco-Muslim Hospital of Bobigny and hold about 7000 plots, for mainly North African people.[1] It is a listed historical monument since 2006.[2]

Notable interments
  • Hairi
  • Kacimi-Tombe-Bobigny
  • Karray
  • Kechit-tombe-Bobigny
  • Ahmed Nureddin Efendi (1900–1945), son of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II
  • Ben Salah
  • Boussakra
  • Prince Omar Halim-tomb
  • Princesse Selma-tombe
  • Salle de priere
  • Slouati-tomb
  • Tomb Boughera El Ouafi

References
  1. The Muslim Cemetery of Bobigny.
  2. Base Mérimée: PA93000020, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Cimetière musulman

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