The following study arose from an investigation of pastoral visitations conducted in the diocese of Bordeaux in the 17th and the 18th centuries. Thanks to the homogeneous nature of the source material and the quasi-systematic character of the information it provides, the study is based on the seriated analysis of a database comprising 693 records of visitations pertaining to the cemeteries of 384 of the 413 parishes of the diocese excluding the city of Bordeaux itself. It has been possible to extract a certain amount of information regarding the topography of the cemeteries, their boundaries and demarcation, subdivision into burial plots, and evidence of their use for secular purpose.Réalisée à partir du dépouillement des visites pastorales...