Champs-Bruley cemetery

The Champs Bruley cemetery is a municipal cemetery located in Besançon (France) between the Chaprais, Bregille, Clairs-Soleis and Vaîtes districts.

Opened in 1793 and still active as of 2019, it is the oldest burial ground managed by the city.

This led to it being viewed as a burial ground for "undesirable citizens": The sick, condemned prisoners and non-Catholics.

[2] It became the official cemetery for parish burials until the neutrality laws of 1881.

Although it is now legally available to people of all religions, the Champs Bruley remains a predominantly Lutheran cemetery.