It is one of the three cemeteries in Montmartre, along with the Calvaire Cemetery, located next to the Saint-Pierre de Montmartre church, and the Northern Cemetery, commonly known as the Montmartre Cemetery.
The notable interments include Marcel Aymé, a writer who lived from 1902 to 1967, Harry Baur, an actor from 1880 to 1943, and Eugène Boudin, a painter active from 1824 to 1898. Marcel Carné, a film director from 1906 to 1996, Jules Chéret, a master poster designer who lived from 1836 to 1932, and Jean-François Delmas, an opera singer from 1861 to 1933, are also buried here. The list continues with Suzanne Grandais, an actress from 1893 to 1920, Roland Dorgelès, a writer from 1885 to 1973, and Arthur Honegger, a composer who lived from 1892 to 1955. Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, a composer and orchestra leader from 1880 to 1965, Gen Paul, a painter from 1895 to 1975, and Claude Pinoteau, a screenwriter and producer from 1925 to 2012, are also interred here. Other notable figures include Paul Sédir (Yvon Le Loup), a writer and philosopher from 1871 to 1926, Théophile Steinlen, a painter from 1859 to 1923, Maurice Utrillo, another painter from 1883 to 1955, and Andrée Vaurabourg, a French pianist and teacher who lived from 1894 to 1980.