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Second cimetière juif

Peyrehorade, Landes, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Mur de clôture, porte d'entrée, sol et sous-sol du second cimetière israélite (cad. AC 28) : inscription par arrêté du 27 septembre 1995
Protection dates
1995/09/27 : inscrit MH partiellement
Type
cimetière
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 18e siècle
Dates
1737
Ownership
propriété d'une association cultuelle
Address
rue des Chapons
Commune
Peyrehorade
Département
Landes
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.54704, -1.10820
Mérimée reference
PA00135182

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1675 map "Les Monts Pyrenées, ou sont remarqués les passages de France en Espagne / dressé sur les memoires les plus nouveaux par le Sr. Sanson" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le premier cimetière juif étant devenu insuffisant, un nouveau cimetière fut établi en 1737 sur une étroite parcelle très pentue (110 pierres tombales) et arriva rapidement à saturation.

English translation

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The first Jewish cemetery having become insufficient, a new cemetery was established in 1737 on a narrow very steep parcel (110 tombstones) and quickly reached saturation.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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