The abandonment of cemetery concessions is a real concern for many local authorities. In order to limit the risk of overcrowding, leading to costly extension work or the creation of new cemeteries, the elected representatives of towns and cities must ensure optimum management of the space available.
In this context, replacing abandoned concessions with columbaria is a particularly attractive alternative.
Cemetery space management: a recurring problem for town halls, but a solution exists
Cemetery management - administrative, technical and legislative - is a complex issue for many local authorities. Given the demographic explosion observed in many regions, the shortage of space in cemeteries is a real problem. Local authorities are obliged to provide all their citizens with a decent, healthy resting place, respectful of the memory of their community's deceased. If they don't control the management of their cemeteries, they won't be able to anticipate the risk of saturation, and will find themselves faced with a shortage of space. Eventually, they will have no choice but to undertake costly work to extend or create a new cemetery.
It's essential to enlist the help of competent professionals to help you manage your space and avoid emergency situations. For over 35 years, we have been working alongside numerous town halls and urban areas to help them rehabilitate their cemeteries. Thanks to two specific applications, ColorgaSoft and ColorgaSofticim, cemetery management becomes simple and intuitive. You can visualize your site, carry out reliable multi-criteria searches, and track the history of your cinerary and funeral concessions, for perfect control of your space. You benefit fromoptimum visibility to meet all your constituents' expectations, while being kept informed by internal messaging of news and legislative updates.
The columbarium: an ideal solution for replacing abandoned concessions
To make up for the shortage of space, and at the same time adapt to the new regulations in force (law of December 19, 2008, applicable from January1, 2013), communes and local authorities are building columbaria on their cinerary sites. Cremation is a rapidly expanding practice (over 170,000 funerals a year in nearly 160 crematoria in France), and today offers new opportunities to replace abandoned concessions.
Designed to house and preserve cinerary urns containing the ashes of the deceased, the columbarium offers undeniable advantages. On the ground, half-raised or raised, straight, curved, circular, columnar, pyramidal and even spherical, we offer a complete range of columbariums to suit all space constraints and all types of cinerary space. Fully modular and able to accommodate from 2 to 4 urns, they offer a high return on investment within a controlled budget.
Designed in solid granite, a noble and long-lasting material requiring minimal maintenance, our columbariums are part of a relevant long-term investment approach.
To make the cinerary space a pleasant resting place, conducive to meditation and soothing for all families, our columbariums combine aesthetics and refinement, blending perfectly with all landscaped areas. To ensure that this place of remembrance is also a place of life for the loved ones of the deceased, we also offer you a wide range of accessories (benches, fountains, inscription plaques, memorial tables and signage) that can be customized and made to measure.
