St. Eugene Cemetery

St. Eugene Cemetery () is one of the most famous cemeteries in Algeria. It is situated in a suburb of the city of Algiers in the commune of Bologhine. Covering an area of 14.5 hectares, it lies at the foot of Notre Dame d'Afrique, and is maintained by twenty employeesL'entretien des nécropoles en Algérie, un problème récurrent In 2012, the President of the French Republic François Hollande visited it.François Hollande soulève les passions en Algérie

It comprises tombs of numerous Algerian notables and it is one of the most preferred place for actors and actresses and other artists (opera singers, musicians, painters, sculptors, architects, writers, poets). It also includes the tombs of several scientists, academicians and sportspeople.

Notable interments

Alexandre Fourchault Fernand Yveton 630 French soldiers in a military square of the two wars where the tombs are grouped into Army Corps specialties.Hommage de MAMau carré militaire du cimetière d'Alger Queen Ranavalona III.François Hollande rend hommage à Maurice Audin : Devoir de mémoire Her ashes were repatriated to Madagascar in 1938.Il était une fois une princesse… Victims of the Isly street shooting.Nous ne connaissons pas tous les noms des victimes du 26 mars 1962 à Alger ni leur nombre exact. King Béhanzin of Dahomey, in 1906. Actualités : Mort en exil en Algérie: Célébration du centenaire du roi du Bénin However, his remains were repatriated in 1928. Alfred Pillafort, compagnon de la Libération. A monument is erected to the memory of the writer Louis Lecoq.Robert Denoël, éditeur Edmond Yafil Saül Durand a.k.a. Maalem Mouzino Roger Hanin

Note: This list is very far from complete: the number of notables buried here exceeds 10,000.

St. Eugene Cemetery

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