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Article L2223-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Where cemeteries are moved, the existing cemeteries are closed as soon as the new sites are ready to receive burials. They remain in the state in which they are, without any use being made of them for five years.

However, burials may continue to be made in family vaults built in disused cemeteries, up to the number of spaces available at the time of closure of these cemeteries, provided that these meet the legal requirements of hygiene and salubrity and that the allocation of the land to another use is not recognised as being in the public interest.

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Article L2223-6

En cas de translation de cimetières, les cimetières existants sont fermés dès que les nouveaux emplacements sont disposés à recevoir les inhumations. Ils restent dans l’état où ils se trouvent, sans que l’on en puisse faire usage pendant cinq ans.

Toutefois, les inhumations peuvent continuer à être faites dans les caveaux de famille édifiés dans les cimetières désaffectés, à concurrence du nombre de places disponibles au moment de la fermeture de ces cimetières, à condition que ceux-ci satisfassent aux prescriptions légales d’hygiène et de salubrité et que l’affectation du sol à un autre usage ne soit pas reconnue d’utilité publique.

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