Since its opening, one million people have been buried in the cemetery, with nearly 5,000 interments taking place annually.

Pantin is a garden style burial ground with more than 8,000 trees and streets (a network of 32 kilometers of roads) that allow access by (motor) vehicles.

[2][3] Ilan Halimi, the young French Jew, who was kidnapped and tortured to death in 2006, was temporarily buried in Pantin[4] before being reburied in Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Israel on February 9, 2007.

It has been mentioned in songs such as Vincent Delerm's Les Trottoirs à l’envers, Pierre Perret's Ils s’aimaient and Mano Solo's Le Monde Entier.

There is also a gate named Porte de Petits Points on Avenue du Général Leclerc (near the junction with Chemin des Vignes).

The cemetery is a short walk from the Aubervilliers – Pantin – Quatre Chemins or Fort d'Aubervilliers métro stations, which can be reached by taking line 7.