The Père-Lachaise quiz
Divisions and Topography
The ten questions in this series
97 divisions, 5,000 trees, one hill. Finding your way. Each question stands on its own, with its story — or can be played as part of the full series.
- What is the approximate surface area of Père-Lachaise cemetery?
- The cemetery is traditionally divided into 97 numbered sectors, used as reference points on the maps handed to visitors and in the cemetery's own registers. What is each of these sectors called?
- With more than 3.5 million visitors each year, what title does Père-Lachaise claim among the world's cemeteries?
- Roughly how many different tree species are found among the 4,000 trees at Père-Lachaise?
- Père-Lachaise is home to a discreet population well known to regulars: around a hundred individuals of the same species, long tolerated there. What animal is this?
- Roughly how many graves and plots does Père-Lachaise contain in total?
- Père-Lachaise cemetery lies entirely within a single Paris arrondissement. Which one?
- How many entrances give access to Père-Lachaise?
- As in an actual town, the roads within Père-Lachaise have real names and are marked with street signs. What is this network of internal roads, distinct from the simple footpaths between the graves, generally called?
- The columbarium at Père-Lachaise, one of the largest in France, holds roughly how many individual cinerary niches?