It will be possible to organize the service only 24 hours later.
A delay of six days maximum is allocated to the family to plan the entire ceremony.

 

• It is always possible to make a request at the prefecture if a few more days are needed.

 

Most family chooses burial as a mean of disposal but cremation gets more and more popularity over time.
Contrary to what one might think, a casket is required for the burial and also for the cremation.

This final disposition depends on the personal wishes of the deceased as well as their cultural and religious beliefs

• Non-religious services generally take place directly at the place where the visitations were held. This final tribute can also take place at the crematorium or the cemetery.
  
• Religious services
  

For Catholics, there are two different types of celebration. A blessing will last about 30 minutes and a traditional mass will last about an hour (including the sacrament).

 

For Muslim, le service religieux n’est pas imposé, tout dépend des traditions locales. Pour un homme, la toilette rituelle est effectuée avec l’Imam et les hommes de la famille. Pour une femme, celle-ci sera effectuée avec les femmes de la famille. La crémation n'est pas admise.

 

For Protestants, the ceremony may take place at the temple or the cemetery. Cremation is allowed.

 

For Jews, there is no ceremony. Cremation is not allowed. According to tradition, the body of the deceased has to be purified before being transported to the graveyard.

 

For Orthodox, a unique celebration is organized. Cremation is not allowed.

 

Burial

The cemetery can be chosen from one of the three following statements :

• The deceased was a resident of the town in which the cemetery is located;
• The cemetery is located in the town where the deceased passed away;
• The family owns a concession in the cemetery.

If the deceased do not own a concession, the family will have to purchase one. The Pompes Funèbres de la Brie can help you with this step.

 

Rates depend on location and duration.

 

Duration varies between 15, 30 or 50 years. There are also temporary concessions (5 to 15 years). It is always possible to renew a concession.
Depending on location, perpetual concessions are getting less and less popular.

 

Once the concession is purchased, the family has to decide whether the deceased will be buried in a vault or directly in the ground.

Cremation is the process of reducing the body to bone fragments by applying intense heat for a period of 90 minutes.

 

Cremation takes place at a crematorium in a special furnace called a cremation chamber.

Only one cremation at a time can be done.

 

The cremated remains, which are commonly referred to as “ashes,” are removed from the cremation chamber. They are then processed into finer fragments and placed in an cinerary urn.

 

Since 2009, the French legislation do not allow families to keep an urn at home.
Families have to decide of a final destination for the cinerary urn.

 

Cremated remains are kept in an urn that can be stored in a columbarium (a place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns), buried in family vault, placed in a monument, buried in a ground location. Ashes can also be sprinkled on a special field, mountain or deep sea.

A cremation certificate always follow the cinerary urn. This certificate is given to the family at the same time of the urn.