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Military cemetières classified from France

There are at least 25 monuments to the dead and military cemeteries classified throughout France. They pay tribute to the victims of the wars of 14-18 and 39-45. There are also German military cemeteries.
We felt it was essential to introduce them by region and department.

les Vestiges of the two major wars in France

1 military cemetery classified en Bretagne
1 military cemetery classified en Corse
5 military cemeteries classified dans le Grand-Est
4 military cemeteries classified dans les Hauts-de-France
6 military cemeteries classified en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2 military cemeteries classified en Occitanie
6 military cemeteries classified en Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur
Military cemetières classified from France

Sélection de 8 military cemeteries classified sur 25 en France

Monument to the dead of the Army of Champagne and Ossuary of Navarin (also on commune of Sainte-Marie-à-Py)
War vestiges 14-18
51600 Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus

Monument to the dead and ossuary of the First World War, erected in 1924 in Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus (Marne). This place of memory honours the 10,000 soldiers who fell in Champagne, with a pyramid in pink sandstone surmounted by symbolic sculptures.
Monument to the Jewish dead of Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Monument
55100 Fleury-devant-Douaumont

Memorial of the 2nd quarter of the 20th century in Fleury-devant-Douaumont, in the Great East, dedicated to Israelite soldiers who died during the First World War.
American Montsec Memorial
Memorial 14-18
55300 Montsec

The American Montsec Memorial, erected in 1932, is a neoclassical stone rotunda located at an altitude of 377 m, commemorating the 1918 American offensives in the Meuse, in the Great East.
American cemetery of Romagna-sous-Montfalcon
Cemetery
55110 Romagne-sous-Montfaucon

The American cemetery of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, located in Lorraine, is the largest American military cemetery of the First World War in Europe, housing 14,246 soldiers who fell during the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Monument to the deaths of the First Lens World War
Monument
62300 Lens

The Lens Memorial to the Dead, erected in the 1st quarter of the 20th century, commemorates the victims of World War I. Located in the Hauts-de-France, it symbolizes the tragic impact of the conflict on the city.
Monument to the War Deaths 1914-1918 of Urrugne
Monument to the dead
64122 Urrugne

The monument to the dead of Urrugne is a tribute to the 1st quarter of the 20th century dedicated to the victims of the First World War, located in this commune of New Aquitaine.
German military cemetery

80310 Bourdon

The German military cemetery in Bourdon, located in the Somme, is a memorial site listed at the Historical Monuments in 2022, home to tombs and a monumental statue of Gerhard Marcks.
German Monument of Flaucourt
Monument
80200 Flaucourt

The German monument of Flaucourt, built during the First World War in the Somme, is a rare German funeral vestige. This brick wall, inscribed in historical monuments, honours German soldiers who fell between 1914 and 1916.