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Bourdon German war cemetery
German War Graves Commission
(Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge)
Main building of the German war cemetery at Bourdon
Used for those deceased
Established16 September 1967
Location49°59′11″N 2°05′00″E / 49.9865°N 2.0834°E / 49.9865; 2.0834
near 
Bourdon, Somme, France
Designed byPaul Schmitthenner
Total burials22,216
Burials by nation
Germany
Burials by war
World War II
Statistics source: German War Graves Commission

Bourdon German war cemetery is a Second World War German military war grave cemetery, located 18.5 kilometers (11.5 miles) northwest of Amiens and close to the village of Bourdon in the Somme department, France.

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