Article L2223-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
November 8, 2023
Cemeteries may not be alienated until ten years after the last burial.
Cemeteries may not be alienated until ten years after the last burial.
Any person may be buried on a particular property, provided that the property is outside the precincts of towns and cities and at the prescribed distance.
No burials may take place in churches, temples, synagogues, hospitals, public chapels, and generally in any enclosed and closed buildings where citizens gather for the celebration of their faiths, nor within the precincts of towns and cities. However, the mayor may, as a public tribute, authorise the construction of monuments to the founders and benefactors of the establishment within the hospital grounds, and after consulting its board of directors, where…
Military graves are subject to the provisions of articles L. 498 to L. 514 of the code des pensions militaires d’invalidité et des victimes de la guerre.
Any private individual may, without authorisation, have a sepulchral stone or other marker placed on the grave of a relative or friend. .
The mayor may set maximum dimensions for monuments erected on the graves.
Where the size of the cemeteries permits, plots may be granted to persons wishing to use them for their own burial and that of their children or successors. The beneficiaries of the concession may build vaults, monuments and tombs on these plots. Spaces may also be granted for the deposit or interment of urns in the cemetery. The land required for the separations and passages established around the above-mentioned plot…
Municipalities may, but are not obliged to institute all of the categories listed below, grant in their cemeteries: 1° Temporary concessions for a maximum of fifteen years; 2° Thirty-year concessions; 3° Fifty-year concessions; 4° Perpetual concessions.
Concessions are granted in return for payment of a capital sum, the amount of which is set by the municipal council. Temporary concessions, thirty-year concessions and fifty-year concessions are renewable at the price of the tariff in force at the time of renewal. Failing payment of this new fee, the conceded plot reverts to the municipality. However, it may not be taken back by the commune until two years after…
Concessions may be converted into longer-term concessions. In this case, a sum equal to the value represented by the converted concession, taking into account the time remaining until its expiry, is deducted from the conversion price.
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