Anderlecht Cemetery

Anderlecht Cemetery
Anderlecht Cemetery
Cimetière d'Anderlecht (French); Begraafplaats van Anderlecht (Dutch);
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Established	31 October 1954
Location	Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region
Country	Belgium
Coordinates	50°48′44″N 4°16′44″E / 50.81222°N 4.27889°E
Type	Public, non-denominational
Size	18.8 hectares (46 acres)

Anderlecht Cemetery (French: Cimetière d'Anderlecht; Dutch: Begraafplaats van Anderlecht), also known as Vogelenzang Cemetery or Vogelzang Cemetery, is a cemetery belonging to Anderlecht in Brussels, Belgium, where the municipality's inhabitants have the right to be buried. It is located at 1–3, avenue du Soldat Britannique/Britse-Soldaatlaan, in the south of the municipality.

This modern cemetery was inaugurated on 31 October 1954, reflecting a shift in cemetery architecture towards more orderly, egalitarian design. The area is about 18 hectares (44 acres) in total. When it opened, families were given the option to transfer existing graves from the old municipal cemetery at the Place du Repos/Rustplein, and around 1,250 funerary monuments were thus moved to the new site.

Notable interments

Personalities buried there include:

Patrice Braut (1970–2001), only Belgian victim of the September 11 attacks
Prosper-Henri Devos (1889–1914), novelist and translator, died during World War I
Georges Moreau (1863–1903), mayor from 1884 to 1919
Marius Renard (1869–1948), mayor from 1939 to 1946
Philippe Thys (1889–1971), cyclist and three-time Tour de France winner
Jean Van Lierde (1894–1945), police officer, honoured as member of the Resistance and "victim of Nazi barbarity"
Jérôme Justin Van Lint (1819–1889), mayor from 1872 to 1884
Constant Vanden Stock (1914–2008), president of R.S.C. Anderlecht
Raymond Vander Bruggen (1899–1937), alderman

References

Footnotes

↑ French: Cimetière du Vogelenzang; Dutch: Begraafplaats Vogelenzang
↑ French: Cimetière du Vogelzang; Dutch: Begraafplaats Vogelzang

Citations

↑ "The Anderlecht Cemetery". C.I.II.III.IV.A. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
↑ "The Vogelzang Cemetery". C.I.II.III.IV.A. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
↑ "Cimetière du Vogelenzang – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
1 2 Dow, Hugh (31 May 2026). "Anderlecht's meticulously-kept city of the dead". The Brussels Times. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
↑ "Le Cimetière d'Anderlecht" (PDF). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
↑ "Patrice Braut, the only Belgian victim of the 9/11 attacks". VRT NWS. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
↑ Revill, Kim (16 May 2026). "The train, the Resistance and the miracle that saved 1,400 lives". The Brussels Times. Retrieved 23 June 2026.

Bibliography

Celis, Marcel (2004). Cimetières et nécropoles. Bruxelles, ville d'Art et d'Histoire (in French). Vol. 38. Brussels: Éditions de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
Vandervelde, Cecilia (1991). La nécropole de Bruxelles : Étude de l'architecture et de la sculpture funéraires, des symboles et des épitaphes. Inventaires (in French). Brussels: Commission d'Histoire de l'Europe.
Vandervelde, Cecilia (1997). Les champs de repos de la Région bruxelloise : Étude de l'architecture et de la sculpture funéraires, des symboles et des épitaphes. Inventaires (in French). Brussels: Self-published.

External links

Media related to Anderlecht Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons

[fn1-2] French: Cimetière du Vogelenzang; Dutch: Begraafplaats Vogelenzang

[fn2-4] French: Cimetière du Vogelzang; Dutch: Begraafplaats Vogelzang

[1] "The Anderlecht Cemetery". C.I.II.III.IV.A. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[3] "The Vogelzang Cemetery". C.I.II.III.IV.A. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[5] "Cimetière du Vogelenzang – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[:0-6] 1 2 Dow, Hugh (31 May 2026). "Anderlecht's meticulously-kept city of the dead". The Brussels Times. Retrieved 23 June 2026.

[7] "Le Cimetière d'Anderlecht" (PDF). Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[8] "Patrice Braut, the only Belgian victim of the 9/11 attacks". VRT NWS. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[9] Revill, Kim (16 May 2026). "The train, the Resistance and the miracle that saved 1,400 lives". The Brussels Times. Retrieved 23 June 2026.

Anderlecht Cemetery
Cimetière d'Anderlecht (French) Begraafplaats van Anderlecht (Dutch)
View of the cemetery
Interactive map of Anderlecht Cemetery
Details
Established	31 October 1954
Location	Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region
Country	Belgium
Coordinates	50°48′44″N 4°16′44″E / 50.81222°N 4.27889°E / 50.81222; 4.27889
Type	Public, non-denominational
Size	18.8 hectares (46 acres)