Vauxbuin National Cemetery
La nécropole nationale de Vauxbuin. © Guillaume Pichard
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Built in 1919, Vauxbuin National Cemetery contains the graves of 4,898 French soldiers from the First World War, 940 of whom were laid to rest in two ossuaries, and one Russian soldier, killed mainly during the Chemin des Dames battles in Autumn 1914 and April 1917. The bodies of 17 soldiers who were awarded the ‘Died for France’ distinction during the 1940 French campaign are also buried here. A German cemetery where 9,000 soldiers are buried was built close to this site.
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Vauxbuin 02200
À 5 km au sud-ouest de Soissons, en bordure de la RN 2 (Paris/Laon)
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Comité Départemental du Tourisme de l'Aisne
26, avenue Charles de Gaulle
02007 Laon Cedex
Tél. : 03 23 27 76 76