Cimetière parisien de Thiais, cemetery located in Val-de-Marne, in France

Cimetière parisien de Thiais is a large cemetery in the town of Thiais outside Paris featuring extensive green areas, various tree species, and organized sections for different burial types. The pathways wind through well-maintained grounds where traditional gravestones sit alongside elaborate monuments and ash gardens, all shaded by maples, lindens, and planes.

In 1922 the Paris municipal council decided to open a new cemetery south of the city to relieve overcrowding in existing Parisian cemeteries. Construction was entrusted to the architect Charles Halley in 1924, and the cemetery opened in October 1929. Halley designed the monumental entrance: two 10-metre-high doors flanking a columned portico, with reinforced concrete faced in Villebois stone.

The cemetery's reputation as the "Cemetery of the poor and penniless" comes from the Jardins de la Fraternité in divisions 48 to 55, set aside for Parisians who could not afford a burial or could not be identified. Division 102 holds the scattered ashes of people who donated their bodies to science, marked by several stelae, and division 94 is reserved for stillbirths. Monuments in divisions 36 and 44 honour the Génie de la Terre, Chinese protective deities.

The main entrance at 261 route de Fontainebleau faces the Auguste Perret stop on tram line 7; a second entrance, Porte Est, is on avenue du Général-de-Gaulle. Bus lines 185, 192, 285 and 396 serve the cemetery, and a Vélib' station stands on avenue de Fontainebleau. The grounds are bordered by the A86 to the east and south, and people with walking disabilities can be driven around the divisions.

The cemetery contains a special monument for people who donated their bodies to science, where families can place plaques or bouquets in remembrance. It also features the Jardins de la fraternité, where people without resources or identity are buried free of charge, reflecting the site's social role.