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BELLE-MOTTE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

​(La Nécropole Nationale de Belle Motte)
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Hainaut

​Belgium

GPS Coordinates: 50°24'12.6"N 4°36'12.6"E

Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information

Erected at the intersection of Sambreville, Pit-la-Ville and Aiseau-Presles, the Belle-Motte French National cemetery is not far from where the deadly fighting unfolded to August 22, 1914, a few steps from the farm Belle-Motte. 

La Nécropole Nationale de Belle-Motte is the largest French Military Cemetery in Belgium and contains French 4,057 burials.


Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery
Belle-Motte French National Cemetery

Other French National Cemeteries in Belgium
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CARNIÈRES-COLLARMONT FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY
AUVELAIS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
LOBBES-HEULEU FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY

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    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in France in Alphabetical Order
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      • SEINE-ET-MARNE
      • SEINE-MARITIME
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