Cimetière Sud de Saint-Mandé

The Cimetière Sud de Saint-Mandé holds a unique administrative status, as it is a Parisian cemetery that remains under the legal jurisdiction of the town of Saint-Mandé. Opened in 1878 to relieve overcrowding at the older northern burial ground, it sits physically within the twelfth arrondissement of Paris. This oddity exists because the city limits were redrawn long after the cemetery was established, leaving this plot of land as a lingering historical extension of its home municipality beyond the boulevard périphérique.