The national necropolis of Rougemont
La nécropole nationale de Rougemont. © ECPAD
Pour accéder au panneau d'information de la nécropole, cliquer ici
The national necropolis of Rougemont contains, in individual graves, 2,169 bodies of soldiers from the 1st French Army who died during fighting in the Vosges in 1944. The cemetery was redesigned between 1951 and 1958 to bring together bodies exhumed from temporary cemeteries in the Doubs, Côte d’Or, Haute-Saône and Vosges. The site was selected for historical reasons because this was where, in 1944, General de Lattre de Tassigny, commander of the 1st French Army, based his headquarters. From here he directed the autumn 1944 Vosges campaign, which was one of the most gruelling for the men that he led.
Practical information
Rougemont
À l’est de Montbéliard, D 486
Visites libres toute l’année
Summary
Eléments remarquables
Read more
Read more
Comité départemental du tourisme du Doubs
13, rue de la Préfecture
25031 Besançon Cedex
Tél. : 03 81 21 29 99