Cimetière Saint-Charles
The cemetery is accessible free of charge during opening hours:
From March 1 to November 1 from 8 a.m. to 19 p.m. (vehicle access authorized until 17 p.m.)
From November 2 to February 29 from 8 a.m. to 17 p.m.
From March 1 to November 1 from 8 a.m. to 19 p.m. (vehicle access authorized until 17 p.m.)
From November 2 to February 29 from 8 a.m. to 17 p.m.
Along the central aisle of the first square on the left, six rows before the end of the square, stands the tomb of Louis Busson, director of the Sedan gasworks shot by the Germans on July 13, 1916 for spying. The Kommandantur closed the cemetery for several days after his burial to prevent the people of Sedan from coming en masse to his grave.
The Saint-Charles cemetery also has a large military square from the Great War where 1489 bodies are buried: French soldiers and civilian victims “Morts pour la France”, Belgian civilian victims “Morts pour la Patrie”, British soldiers as well as Russian and Romanian soldiers who died in captivity. To bury them, the German army had already had to extend the Saint-Charles cemetery towards the rear when there was no space, but the military square as we see it today was set up by France after the conflict. The German monument reminds us that soldiers from the other side were buried in the same communal cemetery. Due to the different nationalities present, it is a place of shared memory.
Above the military square, on the left, there are also several rows of graves of soldiers who died for France, erected by the families.
The Saint-Charles cemetery also includes, here and there, other graves of soldiers who died for France, graves of civilian victims, veterans, and witnesses of the Great War.
In the Jewish square located below the main cemetery, stands a monument to the memory of the victims of the Second World War.
The Saint-Charles cemetery also has a large military square from the Great War where 1489 bodies are buried: French soldiers and civilian victims “Morts pour la France”, Belgian civilian victims “Morts pour la Patrie”, British soldiers as well as Russian and Romanian soldiers who died in captivity. To bury them, the German army had already had to extend the Saint-Charles cemetery towards the rear when there was no space, but the military square as we see it today was set up by France after the conflict. The German monument reminds us that soldiers from the other side were buried in the same communal cemetery. Due to the different nationalities present, it is a place of shared memory.
Above the military square, on the left, there are also several rows of graves of soldiers who died for France, erected by the families.
The Saint-Charles cemetery also includes, here and there, other graves of soldiers who died for France, graves of civilian victims, veterans, and witnesses of the Great War.
In the Jewish square located below the main cemetery, stands a monument to the memory of the victims of the Second World War.
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