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Ixelles Cemetery (, ; ), located in
Ixelles (French language, French, ) or (Dutch language, Dutch, ) is one of the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of Pentagon (Brussels), Brusse ...
in the southern part of
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, is one of the major
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in Belgium. ''Ixelles Cemetery'' also refers to a neighbourhood with a lot of bars and restaurants for students, north of the actual cemetery. It is in fact located between the two main
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es (''Solbosch'' and ''La Plaine'') of the
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(ULB).


Notable interments

Personalities buried there include: * Luigi Bigiarelli (1876–1908), athlete, founder of the S.S. Lazio *
Anna Boch Anna-Rosalie Boch (10 February 1848 – 25 February 1936), known as Anna, was a Belgium, Belgian Painting, painter, art collector, and the only female member of the artistic group, Les XX. Born in La Louvière, Saint-Vaast, Hainaut Province, Hai ...
(1848–1936), painter * Jules Bordet (1870–1961),
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in medicine * Georges Boulanger (1837–1891), French Minister of War and exile in Belgium, who committed suicide there * Victor Bourgeois (1897–1962), architect and urban planner * Marcel Broodthaers (1924–1976), artist * Fernand Brouez (1861–1900), editor of '' La Société Nouvelle'' * Charles De Coster (1827–1879), novelist * Neel Doff (1858–1942), artists' model and writer * Jean Isaac Effront (1856–1931), inventor *
Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez Oloye Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez of Dudley (12 August 1929 – 1 September 2015) was a Nigerian billionaire, business magnate and diplomat, a Pan-African leader and Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the United Nations. ...
(1936–2015), Nigerian diplomat and business tycoon * Édouard Louis Geerts (1846–1889), sculptor, whose tomb was designed by the architect Victor Horta and the sculptor Charles van der Stappen * Lucette Heuseux (1913–2010), painter * Victor Horta (1861–1947), architect * Louis Hymans (1829–1884), journalist and politician *
Paul Hymans Paul Louis Adrien Henri Hymans (23 March 1865 – 8 March 1941), was a Belgian politician associated with the Liberal Party. He was the second president of the League of Nations and served again as its president in 1932–1933. Life Hymans was ...
(1865–1941),
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* Joseph Jacquet (1857–1917), army general during
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* Sylvain de Jong (1868–1928, maker of the luxury
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automobile * Frédéric de La Hault (1860–1903), developed an 1885 motorised tricycle * Camille Lemonnier (1844–1913), writer * Constantin Meunier (1831–1905), painter and sculptor * Jean-Baptiste Moëns (1833–1908),
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* Frederic Neuhaus (1846–1912), pharmacist, inventor of chocolate pralines * Paul Saintenoy (1862–1952), architect * Jacques Saintenoy (1845–1947), architect * Ernest Solvay (1838–1922), chemist and industrialist, tomb designed by Victor Horta * Carl Sternheim (1878–1942), German writer * Marc Van Bever (1974–2010), film producer * Joseph Wieniawski (1837–1912), composer * Antoine Wiertz (1806–1865), painter * Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931), violinist


War graves

In the Field of Honour in Block A are buried
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soldiers from Belgium, France, Italy, Russia and Great Britain (twelve identified soldiers), who died mainly as prisoners of war.


See also

* List of cemeteries in Belgium * Brussels Cemetery * Laeken Cemetery * Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Cemetery * Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Cemetery * Schaerbeek Cemetery


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External links

* {{Commons category-inline, Ixelles Cemetery Cemeteries and memorials in Brussels Geography of Brussels Ixelles Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium