The management of cinerary concessions is the responsibility of the commune or agglomeration, and is becoming increasingly complex. Whereas in the 1980s, cremation funerals accounted for just 1% of deaths, they now represent 33%, and are expected to rise to 50% by 2020. The meteoric rise of this practice requires town halls to pay close attention to the technical, administrative and legislative aspects.
Managing cemetery plots: an increasingly complex problem for municipalities
The composition of a cinerary site is governed by article 22 of the law of December 19, 2008, which stipulates that it must be equipped with a scattering space equipped with a device for identifying the names of the deceased whose ashes have been scattered, a columbarium or cavurnes (buried urns). This law, which came into force on January1, 2013, is rigorous and requires the commune to have a clear and rapid understanding of regulatory developments in order to master the principles of funeral law and put them into practice.
The municipal council is responsible for issuing cemetery concessions, and managing them is becoming increasingly complex in the face of growing demand from families. It has to grant temporary concessions, while at the same time dealing with requests for renewal. This means anticipating the needs of residents, so as to be able to accommodate the commune's deceased, particularly when they have expressed the wish that their ashes be placed in a cinerary urn to be placed in a columbarium.
Optimizing cemetery space can therefore prove complicated for elected officials if they don't meticulously manage the administrative follow-up of concessions, as well as the recovery of those that have expired, not been renewed or are in a state of abandonment.
Anticipate your community's columbarium needs with intuitive cinerary management software
Granimond, in partnership with Colorga, has developed a simple and effective software application to facilitate the management of cemetery plots and concessions. Produced in collaboration with companies and local authorities, ColorgaSoft is a software application accessible from any computer, via the Internet. It offers numerous specific, tailor-made solutions for managing cinerary sites. It enables :
- View plans and photos (squares, aisles, ossuaries, etc.), as well as detailed photos of available locations.
- The visualization of columbariums and gardens of remembranceThis offers a new vision of cinerary spaces as a new cemetery.
- Multi-criteria geographic and administrative searches with map location.
- The management of cinerary acts, but also that of concession holders, families and beneficiaries.
- Construction management.
- Print files, receipts, minutes, registers, etc.
- Set up takeover procedures, with automatic printing of all necessary documents.
- Access to current legislation and free updates.
- Access to comprehensive and detailed legislation, depending on the case.
- Secure data transfer to a dedicated server.
Thanks to its software application ColorgaSoftsoftware application, Granimond enables local authorities of all sizes toanticipate their columbariumneeds and ensure fast, reliable management of their cinerary sites.
Colorga can also manage your burial site, reproducing all your cemetery data on a reliable software application (via an existing plan, excel file or other existing information from the town hall).
The Granimond team
