Courbesseaux National Cemetery
La nécropole nationale de Courbesseaux. © ECPAD
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Courbesseaux national cemetery contains the remains of soldiers who died for France during the Battle of Grand Couronné during August and September 1914. Created in 1920, this national cemetery - together with the cemetery located in Champenoux - preserves the memory of the extremely violent battles that took place around Nancy. Until 1935, the remains of other French soldiers initially buried in other military cemeteries in the region were transferred here. Today 2,679 bodies lie in this national necropolis, of which 1,703 are buried in two ossuaries, with 976 soldiers being buried in individual graves.
At the centre of the cemetery, an imposing stone and bronze monument by the sculptor Eugène Gatelet pays homage to General de Castelnau’s soldiers, who died defending Nancy during the Battle of Grand Couronné. It depicts a young peasant boy laying a wreath on the tomb of a soldier who died for France.
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Courbesseaux
A l’est de Nancy, D 70
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