Cremation

A request for a cremation may be submitted:
by the individual personally to the council house or by a will;
or the person qualified to provide for the funeral, who has to show a certificate where the doctor in attendance or the doctor who attested to the death states that there are no signs of a violent or suspicious death.
The cost of cremations varies depending on whether this applies to an adult, a child, a needy person or according to the day when the cremation takes place.
The ashes may be :
scattered on a cinerary lawn in the crematorium or in the municipal cemetery;
placed in a columbarium, which is a structure built above ground comprising open or closed cells;
buried in a burial plot for urns or in a plot in open ground or in a vault;
scattered at sea (territorial).
If the deceased specified this in writing or at the request of the parents in the case of a minor, the ashes may:
be scattered or buried somewhere other than the cemetery. It may be a public site (not a cemetery). If the site does not belong to the deceased or those close to the deceased, the prior written consent of the land owner is required;
provided in an urn to the family to be kept in a place other than the cemetery.
The person who receives the ashes may change his/her mind and no longer wish to keep the ashes where he/she lives. In this case, the ashes may be transferred to a cemetery to be scattered, buried or placed in a columbarium, or be scattered at sea (in territorial waters). Any transfer of an urn has to be reported to the civil status officer.
The cremation may be accompanied by a religious or secular ceremony.
Address of the crematorium