International cremation stats
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International cremation stats
International Cremation Statistics 2010 Date offoundation: 1906 Guarulhos, hapecerica da Serra, Name of journal: Bulletin de la Societe Jaboticabal. Santos , Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo (Capital), Sorocaba Beige Po ur La Cremation Name of journa l: ACCA News Date offoundation: 1991 ANDORRA Date of foundation; 1906 Circulation: 800 approximately Circulation: 3,000 Editor: Societe Beige Pour la Cremation Editor: Miss Karyn Szu lc, ASBL, Consei! d'Administration Number of crematoria: 77 (ACCA members) Statistics of cremations Crematoria situated at : Suite No rth 1, 215 Bell Street, • Australian Capital Territory: 1 Norwood Park Presto n 3072, Victoria, Australia Cremations 2009 94 2010 94 Total % of d eaths 275 246 deaths 34.18 38.21 There is no natio nal cremation society in Andorra . Information is provided by the following organisation : Pompes Funebres de les Va lls Serve is Funeraris Sixto cl dels escalls, 9 baixos. AD 700 E5CL Pales, Engo rdany, Andorra Presiden t: Mauri ci Vilalta Armengol Date o { fOLlndatio n: January 2007 Number of members: 9 ~ ARGENTINA _ _ _ _ _ _---I . . . . . • New South Wa les : 30 Albury, Armidal e, Botany (Ea stern Suburbs), % of deaths 2009' 84,541 341,297 24 .77 2010' 92,656 364,670 25.41 "'Estimated figures There is no natio nal cremation society in Argentina . Information is provided by the Crucero Gral. Belgra no 5782, B1 766EER La Tablada , Buenos Aires, Argentina China Funeral Association Avenue du Silence 61,1180 Bruxell es President: Mr Mahfoudh Romdhani Av. Brigade iro Faria lima, 2128 . 12° andar cj . 1202,01452-930, Sao Paulo SP, 8razil 100053, 8eijing, China President: Mr Che n Qunlin 7 Baiguang Road, Xicheng District Treasurer: Claudia Schl.itzer de Magalhaes Date of founda tion: 1999 Date of foundation: September 1989 Palmdale, Pinegrove, Port Macquarrie, Rookwood (2), Shoalhaven, Taree , Twe ed Wien (Simme ring) c) Interco mmunale du Centre fun era ire Number of members: 80 Na me of journal: China Funeral News Heads. Wagga Wagga, Wollongong (2), Woronora. *Statistics of cremations du Liege et environs - S.C.R .L. Rue des Coquelicots 1. B 40 20 Liege BULGARIA • No rthern Territory: 1 Darwin Cremations 2008 21,842 • Quee ns land: 20 Albany Creek, Allambe Ga rdens, Buderim, 77,381 2009 23, 112 "l atest figures obtainable Bundab e rg, Caboolture, Cairns, Caloundra, Good na , Gympi e, Hervey Bay, Laidl e y, Logan City (Carbrook), Mackay, Maryborough, Mt Thompson, Noosa, Rockhampton , Total % of deaths 75,083 deaths 29.09 29.87 A-1045 Wie n, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 63 , Gent, Belgium President: M. Medard Cornelis Secreta ry: M. Yvan Vols Treasurer: M. Roger Van Rysselberge Date of foundation : January 1965 deaths 65.18% 69.23% 104,000 Suite North 4, 215 Bell Street, Preston 3072, Victoria, Australia President: Mr Bryan Elliott % 01 deaths 4.78 5.08 BELGIUM (4 SocIeties) Editors : Yvan Vols Amandsbe rg . Gent Sint-Niklaas, Turnho ut, Vilvoorde . BRAZIL There a re 32 crematoria situated in : • Bahia (1): Salvador "' Statistics of cremations 2009 2010 49,201 50,748 % of deaths 47.08 "Latest figures available a) Societe Beige pour la Cre matio n Bouleva rd Maurice Lemonnier 1/4, 1000 Bruxelles President: Mo nsie ur Jean-Paul Petit • Cea ra (2): Fortaleza • Esp irito Santo (1): Vito ria • Goias (2): Val paraiso, Goiimia Number o f cre ma toria : 52 Cremato ria situa ted at: Armenia, "Statistics of cremations Number of members: 20 Bromeliastraat 59, 9040 Sint COLOMBIA Bogata by Bogata, Vilfavicencio Published: quarterly Circulat jon (per issue): 350 To tal deaths 104,509 Editor: Mr Cheng Xinmin g Jia 6, Baiji azhuang Rd., Chaoyang District, Sofia Crematorium Ltd Published: 6 monthl y Date offoundation: 2008 Cremations Published: weekly Circulation (per issue): 25,000 Barra nq uilla, Bucara manga, Cali, Cucuta, Ma nizales, Medellin , Pereira, Santafe d e Secre tary Mr Yanislav Nedev Date of foundation: Septe mber 2001 "latest fig ures obtainable Number of members: 40 Total Cremations deaths 5,423 113,438 2006 113,000 5.746 2007 -latest fi gures obtainable Number of members: 365 Brugge, Bruxelles, Charleroi, Frasnes Lez Anvaing, Gen t, Hasse lt. liege, Mons, deaths 137,000 Date of foundation : 1990 Beijing, Chi na 100020 Name of journal: Nieuwsbrief Date of foundation: 2005 "Statistics of cremations Cremations 89,300 72,000 - 1202 Sofi a, 14 Zavodska Street, Bulgaria President: Mr Manias Varo Number o f cre matoria: 12 Crematoria sit uated at: Antwerpen, 2008 2009 Numbe r o f crematori a: Situa ted in Sofia Number of members: 54 Vlaa nderen Katoenstraat 23 , 9041 Oostakker, • Weste rn Australia : 7 Albany, Bunbury, Fremantle, Geraldton, Ka lgoorlie, Karrakatta, Pinnaroo % of Date offound ation: 1978 ---------' d) Vere niging voor Crematie oast Name of journal: PIA Total Directeur general: M. Philippe Dussard Bundesverband der Bestatter der Wirtschaftskammer Oste rrei ch Secretary: Mag . Jako b Wild Date of foundation : 1946 Number of members: 651 • Victoria: 9 Altona , Ballarat, Bendigo, Bunurong, Fawkner, Geelong, Lilydale. Spri ngvale, Traralgon . President M. Jean-Pierre Goffin ~ Number of me mbers: 585 *Statistics of cremations Austria President: Eduard Schr ein e r Mount Gambier, Port Uncoln, Whyalla . Australasian Cemeteries & Crematoria Association I Sin dicato dos Cemiterios e Crematorios Particu la res do Brasil Date of foundation : '933 President: Ricardo Chernitsky P H AROS INTERNATIONAL ~ L....-.._ _---' . . . . . USlRIA b) Societe Cooperative Interco mmunale de Crematio n Innsbruck, l inz , Knittelfeld, Kramsach (Tiro!), SI. Po ite n, Salzburg, Steyr, Villach, Treasurer: Daniel Pell ejero Date of fou ndation: 1958 26 I 49.00 organisatio n: Leura , Unco ln Grove, lismore, Macquarie Park, Newcastle, No rthern Suburbs, following organ isation : Undberg Arg e nti na S.A. (Cremation and Inci neration Equipment) %01 deaths 48 ,17 Secretary: Mr Zhang Ho ngcho ng Treasurer: Ms Hu ang lihua • Tasmania: 3 Carr Villa, Hobart, Ulversto ne . Total deaths Tota l d eaths 9,430,000 9,675,510 President: Haroldo Moreira Felicio Secretary: Gisela Dardengo Adissi • South Australia: 6 Centennial Park. Enfield , Gawler, Cremations Cremations 2009 4,542,000 2010 4,741,000 Secretary: Mr Xavier Goda rt Treasurer: Mr Xavier Godart Stapylton, Toowoomba , Townsville . Statistics of cremations No national cremation statistics are available . All information is provided by the following Number of crematoria: 11 Crematoria situated a t: Graz, Hohenems, Crematoria situated at: Buenos Aires (51 ), San Juan (2), Santa Fe (7). Tu cu mim (3) Statistics of cremations Canobolas, Castlebrook, CoHs Harbour (2), Dare ton , Dubbo (2), Fo rest l awn, Invere ll, Number of crematoria: 95 Chaco 12). Chubut (2), Cordoba (12), Entre Rios (6), Jujuy (3), Neuquen (5). Salta (2), Number of cremato ria : 1,724 Published: quarterly Published; quarterly Numb e r of cremato ria: 1 • Sao Pau lo (9): Embu das Artes, Number of membe rs: ±2,000 Cremations 2006 45,209 .CANAD . . _A _-----'m Total % of deaths 192,814 178,418 deaths 23.45 2007 45,87 2 "l atest figures obta inable 25 .71 Numbe r of crematoria: un kn own The re is no national cremation society in Crematoria situated at: Colo mbia. Information is p rovided by the fo llowing Alberta, Britis h Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island. Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory Trasve rsa l 16A N. 46-24 Colombia "Statistics of cremations Cremations • Minas Gerais (1): Contagem 2008 '106,514 organisation: Pa rques Y Funerarias S.A. Total %01 deaths 185,459 deaths "57.43 President: l uis Eduardo Chartuni Financial Vice Pre sident: Camilo Torres Secretary: Rosalea Aguil ar Treasurer: Marina Rivera Da te of foundation: 1966 • Pa ra (2): Be le m • Paraiba (1): Joao Pessoa • Parana (3): Campina Grande do Sui, Pinhais, Curitiba 2009 '108,687 '186,830 "58.17 "Estimated figures. latest fig ures obtainable . Excludes Quebec. • Rio de Jan eiro (5): Niteroi, Nova Friburgo, Rio de J a neiro (Capital) (3) The re is no national cremation society in ---------I ~ Number of members: 5 ~ CUBA Secretary: Mi ss Ka ryn Sz ulc Tre asurer: Mr Daffyl Tho mas Date of foundation : 1985 Secre tary: Paul van Oye • Ri o Grande do Sui (4): Caxias do Sui, Porta Alegre, sao l eopo ldo, Viamao Ca nada. Cremation statistics are provided by the Cremation Association of North Cremato rium situated at: Hava na City Number of Members: 159 Treasurer: Robert Smets • Santa Catarina (1 ): Balneario Camboriu America . Total numbe r of Crematoria : unknown WINTER 2011 Number o f Crematoria: 1 W I NT E R 20 11 I P HAR OS I NTERN A TI ONAL I 27 li *Statistics of cremations Statistics of cremations Total deaths Cremati o ns 2009 2, 190 20,660 21 ,594 3, 196 201 0 * Hava na o nly % of deaths 10.60 14.80 Tota l % of All information provided by the following organisation: Ofidna Nacional de Estadfsticas Direcci6n de Informaci6n Number of crematoria: 27 Crematoria situated at: Blatna, Brno, Ceska Chateauroux, Clamart, Clermont-Ferrand, Courcouronnes, Crissey, Cuers, Dax, Dijon, Two new crematoria were opened in 2010 in Osterburken & Ronneburg Statistics of cremations Dunkerque, Epinal, Evreux, Grenoble, Hautmont, Hericourt, Herlies, Joigny, La Number of crematoria: 152 Crematoria situated at: Aachen, Aalen, Balme, La Guadeloupe, La Roche sur Yon, La Rochelle, Le Creusot, Le Havre, Le Mans, 2009 2010 Lens, Les Joncherolles, Les Ulis, Lafox, Ahrensburg, Albstadt, Altenburg, Aschaffenburg.,. Augsburg, Aurich, BadenBaden, Bayreuth, Berlin (2), Bielefeld, Lille/Wattrelos, limoges, Lons-Ie-Saunier, Bochum, Brandenburg, Braubach, Ghana Cremation Society Si6fok, Szeged, Szolnok, Tatabanya. Nikolaj Plads 27, 1067 K0benhavn K, Denmark Lorient, Lyon, Mably, Macon, Mainvilliers, Manosque, Marcillole, Marseille, Martigues, P.O.Box 3217, Accra, Ghana, West Africa. There is no national cremation society in Hungary. President: Inge Nesgaard Chief Executive Officer: Mogens Balling Martinique, Mayenne, Meru, Metz, Montauban, Montfermeil, Montfort-Sur- Braunschweig, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Celle, Chemnitz, Coburg, Cottbus, Cuxhaven, Darmstadt, Dessau, President: Mr Edward Kwadjo Duwor Secretary: Mr Cyril Kofi Akoetey *Statistics of cremations Date offoundation: 1881 Meu, Montlu<;on, Montpellier, MontreuilJuigne, Montussan, Mont-Valerien, Mulhouse, Nancy, Nantes, Nevers, Nice, Treasurer Mr Clem Degbaato Date of foundation: 1986 Number of members: +3,000 Cremat ions 2003 50,501 77. 34 Ncestved, Denmark President: Allan Vest Secretary: Hanne Ring Date of foundation: 1983 Number of members: 31 Nimes, Niort, Nouvelle Caledonie, Olonnesur-Mer, Orange, Orleans, Paris, Pau, Number of crematoria: 22 Crematoria situated at: Espoo, Hameenlinna, Helsinki (2), Hyvinkaa, Imatra, Joensuu, Jyvaskyla, Kajaani, Karjaa, Kotka, Kuopio, lahti, Oulu, Pori, Rauma, Seinajoki, Statistics of cremations Tampere (2), Turku, Vaasa, Vantaa 2009 2010 86,583 86,41 1 Tota l % of deaths 107,4 21 106,8 44 deaths 80.60 80.87 Spoleenost pratel zehu 110 00 Praha 1, Revoluenf 24 President: Jan Hrdlicka Plouguer, Chalons-en-Champagne, Chambery, Champigny sur Marne, 1IF Cheung 5ha Wan Government Offices 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong 54, 368 Strasnice, Semily, Sumperk, Tabor, Ustf nad Labem, Vysoeany u Chomutova, Zlfn. Cre matio ns exists in Germany. Upon reaching their targets the society was dissolved and they Accra (1977), Cape Coast (1970s), Koforidua (2002), Kumasi (1993), Sekondi (2007), Takoradi (1960s) 42,050 Trebova, Ceske Budejovice, Hustopece u Brna, Jaromei', Jihlava, Jindfich~v Hradec, Karlovy Vary, Kladno, Klatovy, Liberec, Melnfk, Most, Nymburk, Olomouc, Ostrava, Parbudice, Plzen, Praha-Motol, Praha- Bourges, Brest, Brix, Bron, Caen, CanetPerpignon, Cannes, Capdenac, Carhaix- Total deaths 49,600 201 0 50,800 21 ,068 Rennes, Roanne, Roost-Warendin, Rouen, St Denis de la Reunion, St FargeauPonthiery, St Martini Ales, St OuenL'Aumone, St Pierre de la Reunion, Saint-Avoid, Saint-Brieuc, Saintes, Saint- Statistics of cremations Cremations 2009 19,561 Perigueux, Perpignan, Pierres, Plescop, Poitiers, Pont-a-Mousson, Quimper, Reims, %of d eaths 39. 44 41.47 Etienne, Sainte-Marguerite, Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Prix Les Mezieres, Sausheim, Sete, Strasbourg, Tarbes/Azereix, Thionville, Tonneins, Toulouse, Tours, Trebes, Troyes, Diemelstadt, Dbbeln, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg, Dulmen, Dusseldorf, Eberswalde, Eisleben, Emden, Erfurt, Essen, Flensburg, Forst (Lausitz), Frankfurt, Freiburg, Furstenzell, Geislingen, Geif3en, Gera, Goppingen, Gorlitz, Gotha, Gottingen, Griefswald, Grobers, Hagen, Halle (Saale), Leinfelden, Leipzig, Lindau, Lorrach, Lubeck, Ludenscheid, Ludwigsburg, Ludwigshafen, Luneburg, Magdeburg, Membership granted to associations, DENMARK foundations and Lutheran congregations. FRANCE Number of crematoria: 32 (*closed 31st December 2010) u Crematoria situated at: Aabenraa, Aalborg, Aarhus, Esbjerg, Fcelleskrem, Helsingor, Hillerod, Hjmring, Holbcek, Holstebro, in Avignon, Cholet, Gap, Les Mureaux, lexy, Pamiers, Raudin, St Jean de Kourtzerode, Horsens, K0ge, Nakskov, Nykobing F., 5t Thegonnec and 5avigny-en Veron. Ncestved, Odense, Randers, Roskilde, Ronne, Number of crematoria: 151 Silkeborg, Slagelse, *Struer, Svendborg, Vejle, Greater Copenhagen (8) (Ballerup, Crematoria situated at: Abbeville, Aix-enProvence, Albi, Allassac, Amiens, Amilly/Montargis, Angouleme, Annecy, Bispebjerg, *Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, *lyngby, Sundby, Sondermark) PHAROS INTERNATIONAL I WINTER Ten new crematoria were opened in 2010 Pax Villa Maison Funeraire et Crematorium 29 Route Mais Gate (Zone Aeroport International) Number of crematoria 1 P.O. Box 2520, Tabarre, Haiti, W.!. Reichenbach, Reutlingen, Rostock, President and General Manager: Ruteshelm, Saalfeld, Saarbrucken, Schmalkalden, 5chonebeck, Schwabisch Mr Robert Loubeau Date of foundation: April 1962 Statistics of cremations Crematio ns 2009 412 HONG KONG Singen, Sonderhausen, Sonneberg, Stade, 5tendal, Stuttgart, Sudharz, Suhl, Number of Crematoria: 6 President: Jo Le Lamer Secretary: Martine Charpentier Tornesch,Traunstein, Tuttlingen, Ulm, Verden, Villingen-Schwenningen, Vilshofen, Volklingen, Weissenfels, Werl, Wetzlar, Crematoria situated at: Cape Collinson, Cheung Chau, Diamond Hill, Fu Shan, Kwai Chung, Wo Hop Shek. Treasurer: Eugene Peru Date of foundation: 1924 Weimar, Wiesbaden, Wilhelmshaven, Willich, Wuppertal, Zittau, Zwickau. Statistics of cremations Federation Fran~aise de Cremation 50 rue Rodier, BP 411-09 - 75023 Paris Cedex 09 Number of members: 80,000 Name of Journal: Transition Date of Foundation: 1947 Published: quarterly Circulation (per issue): 50,000 Editor: Hubert Sapin 2010 Total deaths % of Total % of 2009 Cremations 36,486 41 ,03 4 deaths 88.92 deaths Cre mations 1998 852,382 338,41 4 338,469 1999 84 4,112 *Latest fig ures obtainable deaths 2010 38,006 42, 705 89.00 *Statistics of cremations 453 Total % of deaths 2,002 2, 017 de aths 20.58 22.46 * Capital Area Cemeteries Vesturhil8 8 105 Reykjavik, Iceland President: J6hannes Palmason Secretary: Thorsteinn Ragnarsson Treasurer: Helga Halld6rsd6ttir Date of foundation: 1932 Name of journal: Bautasteinn Date of foundation: 1996 Published: twice a year 39.7 0 40.1 0 Circulation: 1,200 Editor: Th6rsteinn Ragnarsson Vesturhfl8 8, 105 Reykjavik, Iceland Arcueil, Arpajon/Avrainville, Aubagne, 2011 H-1123 Budapest XI!., Alkotas utca 11 - 1/7. The Cremation Society of Iceland, founded in 1948, was dissolved in 1964 but cremations continue at the crematorium in *Reykjavik. Gmund, Schwabisch Hall, Schwartenborn, Schweinfurt, Schwerin, Selb, Siegen, Number of members: 101 Editor: Mgr Stanislav Motyeka 28 I 30.09 36.25 ICELAND Mainburg, Mainz, Mannheim, Meissen, Memmingen, Minden, Munchen, Treasurer: Jukka Hanni Date of foundation: 1889 164,()()0 2004 48,022 132,4 92 *Latest fi gures obta in able Editor: Penzes Kristof H-1086 Budapest VIII, Fiumei ut 16 Honorary General Editor: Papp Rezso Date offoundation: 1974 2010 % of d eaths 37.17 Total % of deaths deaths Crem ati ons 200B 242 2009 269 *Pax Villa on ly. Latest figures obtain abl e Cremations 2009 158, 0()() Published: quarterly Circulation (per issue); 300 HAITI Total deaths 135,850 Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kempten, Kiel, Koblenz, Koln, Konstanz, Krefeld, Lahr, Landau, Secretary: Jukka Hanni deaths. 28.83 Geszthely, Gybr, Magyarszecs6d, Pecs, Published: monthly Name of journal: Informae nf zpravodaj SPZ de aths 548,000 545,000 4. 23 Circulation: 10,000 Number of members: 15,000 % of 52,000 Number of crematoria: 12 Crematoria situated at: Budapest, Csanadpuszta, Csomor, Debrecen, *Statistics of cremations Osnabruck, Perleberg, Pforzheim, Plauen" Potsdam, Quedlinburg, Regensburg, Tota l deaths 3.00 Hildesheim, Hof, Hohenburg, Jena, Statistics of cremations Treasurer: Jiri Smrz Date of foundation: 1909 deaths 40,000 Hennigsdorf, Hermeskeil, Herzberg, Vellamontie 4, 06150, Porvoo, Finland President: Jouni laaksonen Beg ravni ngsverksamhetens Centralforbund I Finland r.f. % of Name of journal: Magyar Temetkezes Date of foundation: 1970 Neubrandenburg, Nordhausen, Nurnberg, Offenbach, Obertshausen, Oldenburg, Suomen Hautaustoiminnan Keskusliitto-r.y. Cremations 1,200 2,200 HUNGARY Tota l Number of Crematoria: 1 Crematoria situated at: Port-au-Prince Hamburg, Hameln, Hamm, Hanau, Hannover, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Valence, Valenton, Vendin Lez Bethune, Vichy, Vidauban, Villefranche-sur-Sa6ne, Viriat, Yutz, Yvetot Secretary: Mgr Stanislav Motyeka Food and Environmental Hygiene are therefore not able to supply up-to-date Statistics of Cremations. 2010 b) Landsforeningen LlV & D0D CZECH REPUBLIC A national cremation society no longer GHANA Department Cemeteries and Crematoria Section (New Territories) Paseo No. 60 el 3ra. y 5ta., Vedado La Habana, Cuba GERMANY Beaurepaire, Beauvais, Begard, Besan<;:on, Beuvrages, Beziers, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Number of crematoria: 6 There are six Open Pyre Crematoria at ____~C~r~e~m~a~t~io~n~s. ____~d~e~a~t~hs'___~d~e,ath s 2009 42,408 54,872 77.29 a) Danske Krematoriers landsforening 0stre Kapelvej 10, DK-4700 There is no national cremation society. Auxerre, Avanne-Aveney, Bar-Le-Duc, WINTER 2011 I PHAROS INTERNATIONAL I 29 Statistics of cremations Number of crematoria: 4 Crema toria situated in: Cork, Dublin (3) (Glasnevin , Newlan ds Cross & Mount Jerome) Statistics of cremations 2009 2010 Cremations 2,906 3,090 Total deaths 28,898 27, 122 % of deaths 10.06 11.39 There is no natio nal cremation society. All information provided by the following organisations: 2009 2010 Cremations 71,898 76,868 Total d eaths 591,663 587,448 % of deaths 12.15 13.09 a) Federazione Italiana per la Cremaz ione Corso Turati, 11 1c - 10 128 Torino, Italy President: Guido Peagno Vice President: Anton Giulio Dell'Eva Secretary: Fab io Fuolega Treasurer: Giovanni Pollini Da te of foundation: 1906 Number of members: 44 Cremation Soc ieties b) SEFIT-Federutility Glasnevin Trust Gla snevin Cre matorium, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dubl in 11 Newlands Cross Crematori um, Ba/lymount Roa d , Dublin 24 Rep ublic of Ireland President: Mr George McCullough Secretary: Mr Mervyn Co lvi ll e Treasurer: Mr John Hyde Da te of foundation: 1982 Via Cavour 1791A - 00184 Roma President: Roberto Bazzano Vice President: Gaia Checcucci, Maurizio Chiarini Chief Executive Officer: Mauro D'Ascenzi Opera tive Secretary: Sereno Scolaro Date of foundation: June 2005 (previously 5EFIT-Federgasacqua founded 1947) Number of members: 446 (of whom 57 are members of SE FIT) General Cemetery Compan y of Dublin Mount Jerome Cemetery Harolds Cross Dublin 6W, Republic of Ireland Secretary: Mr Alan Massey The Isl and Cremato rium Rocky Island, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland President: Mr Louis Ronan Secretary: Mr Frank Murphy Treasurer: Mr Martin Crowley 8 ITALY ~~ U Two new crematoria ope ned in 2011 in Arezzo and Cesena. ("'crematorium closed) Num ber o f cre mato ria : 58 Crematoria situated at Aosta, Ascoli Piceno, Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Bolzano, Bra (CN), Brescia, '"Busto Arsiz io, Cag liari, Cinisello Balsamo (MI), Coma, Cremona, Domodossola, Faenza (RA). Fe rrara, Firenze, Genova, La Maddalena (OT), La Spezia, Livorno, ·Lodi, Mantova, Massa, Milano, Montecorvino Pugliano (SA)' Novara, Padova, Palermo, Parma, Pavia, Perugia, Pisa, Piscina (TO), Pistoia, *Pordenone, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Ro ma, San Benedetto del Tronto, "Sanremo (IM), Sassari, $avona, Siena, Spinea (VE), Torino, Trevi50, Trieste, Udine, Varese, Venezia (2), Verbania (\IB), Verona, Vicenza, Viterbo 30 I PHAROS INTERNATIONAL I W I NTER JAPAN !....-_ _-----I Ij'I ~ Number of crematoria: Approximately 1.545 In 2010 16 crematoria were newly constructed at the fo llowing locations: Maebashi-City (12 cre mators); Kuwa na City (8 cremators); Fukaya City (6 cremators); Tamana City (5 cremators); Minamiuonuma City (4 cremato rs); Kure City (3 cremators); Ayukawa Town (3 cremators); Fukushima Town (2 cremators), Aga Town (2 cremators); Gotsu City (2 cremators); Ikata Town (2 cremators); Kanda Town (3 cre mators), On na Village (2 cremators), Ham ato nbetsu Town (1 cremator), Kunohe Vi ll age (1 cremator), Tenkawa Vi ll age (1 cremator) Statistics of cremations Total %of Cremations deaths deaths 2009 1,186,607 1,187,395 99.93 2010' 1,245,798 1,246,530 99.94 ·Some data from the earthquake affected areas not included Japan Society of En vi ro nme nta l Crematory Nihon Kankyo Saien Kyokai, 10-6 Yotsuyakami tyou Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-City, 210-0828 Japan 20 11 President: Mr Akio O kumura Secreta ry: Mr Makoto Hasegawa Treasurer: Mr Yuji Moriyama Date o f founda tion: 1972 Number of members: Enterprise members: 32 Munic ipal members: 13 Personal Members: 26 Scientific members: 3 Name of journal: Kankyo Saien (Jo urnal of Environment al Crematory) Date of foundat ion: 1981 Published: annua lly Circu/atjon: 750 Editor: Mr Yuji Moriyama 'LATVlA --------' Number of crematoria: 1 Situ ated in Riga = "'Statistics of cremations Total Cremations deaths 2004 1,361 10, 10 1 2005 1,529 10,342 *Latest figures obt ainable %01 deaths 13.47 14.78 SIA 'Rigas Kremato rija' Varonu 3a, Lv-lOOS, Riga , Latvia Head of the Board: Juris Viden ieks President: IIze Verpakovska Trea surer: Andris Tre im anis Date of foundation: 1994 Number of members: 16 ~ Nu mber of crematoria: The first crematorium ope ned in Luxembo urg in October 1995 . Prior to th is cremations took place in Lieg e, Belgium. · Statistics of cremations Total Cremations deaths 1,737 . 3,595 2008 3,655 1,867 2009 ~ Latest figures obtai nable Municipal Council of Beau BassiniRose Hill Rose Hill Mauritius Mayoress: Mrs Mirella Chauvin Chief Executive: Mr Basdeo Rajee Financial Controller: Mr Daniel Lam Hin Date of Foundation: 1896 Number of members: 24 councillors Number of Crematoria: 2 Crematoria situated at: Chebel, Camp Levieux Statistics: unknown The Black Ri ver District Counci l Ge offroy Road Bambo us President: Krishn a Rutnee Secretary: Ms Marei Aimee Bhujohory Treasurer. Mr Valavdon Canagasaby Date of foundation: 1989 Number of members: 16 Number of Crematoria: 7 Crematoria situated at: The St Martin Cremation Ground Locations of other crematoria - unknown Statistics of Cremations for The Black River District Counci l Total %of Cre mations deaths deaths 2009 89 713 12.48 726 11.85 2010 86 . . . . ..... 'LUXEMBOURG ----_ MAURmus % of deaths 48.32 51.08 S.I.C.E.C. (Syndicat Inte rcommunal p o ur la Construction et l'Expl o itatio n d'un Crematoire) 1, Allee des Chataigni ers L-1366 Luxembourg President: Monsieur Jean Tonnar Secretary: Mada me 5teffi Weigel Managing Director: Monsieur Gilbert Weis Date offoundation: 1976 Numb er of members: 7S commun ities (of tota l 116) Municipal Council of Curepipe Queen Elizabeth 11 Ave nue Curepipe Mayor: Mr Christian Laval Hu rhungee Chief Executive: Mr Jean Francois Dorestan Treasurer: Mr Sanjay Veerasamy Nu mber of Crematoria: 4 Crematoria situated at: Bigarad e Cemetery (2), Trou Aux Cerfs. Tout Court Public Crematio n Gro und Statistics of Cremations for Mun icipal Council of Curepipe % of Tota! deaths Cremations deaths 2009 112 396 28.28 36.48 2010 166 455 Grand Port Savanne District Council Royal Road, Rose Belle President: Mr Vinaye Hurcharan Secretary: Mr Teeluck Shyam Treasurer: Mr Rungasamy Manogaren Naiker Date offoundation: 1950 Number of members: 36 Nu mber of Crema to ria : 28 (cremators) Crematoria situated at: unknown Statistics: unknown The Moka Fl acq District Co uncil District Council O ffi ce, Royal Road, Qua rtier Militaire President: Mr Devendra Nath Choolhun Secretary: Mr Ghovadarajah Na idoo Ramanjooloo Treasurer. Mr Abdool Azad Moideen Date of foundation : 1951 Number of membe rs: 36 Number of Cre matoria: 40 (cremators) Crematoria situated at: unknown Statistics of Cremations for The Moka Flacq District Council Total % of Cre mati ons deaths deaths 2009 563 1,036 54.34 72.87 2010 623 855 Municipal Council o f Po rt-Lo uis Jules Koen ig/Maillard Streets, Port Louis Lord Mayor: Or Mamade Aniff Khodabaccus Chief Executive : Mr Jean F ran~ois Dorestan Treasurer: Mr Raj Gungadeen Number of members: 30 Number of Cre mat oria: 3 Crematoria situated at: Port-Louis Statistics of Cremations for Mun icipal Counci l of Port-Louis Total % of Cremations deaths deaths 2009 167 27.15 615 2010 183 729 25.10 Munici pal Co uncil of Quatre Bornes St Jean Road, Quartre Bornes Mayor: Jean Fr a n~ois Battour Secretary: Vineshi ng Seeparsad Treasurer: Mrs S L Virahsawmy Naidoo Date of foundation: 1896 Nu mber of Cremat oria: 3 Crematoria situated at: Berthaud, Palma, Trianon WINTER · Statistics of Cremations for Municipal Council of Quatre Bornes Total % of ____~C~r~e~m~a~t~io~n~sc____cd~e~a~t~h~s____d~e,~ths 2007 264 533 49.53 "'Latest fig ures obta inab le Munici pal Cou ncil of Vacoas- Ph oe nix Town Hall , St Paul Avenue, Vacoa s Mayor. Mr Nooranee Allybocus Secretary Mr Dayal Nandraj Treasurer. Mr Reshad Gaungoo Date of foundation: 1963 Number of members: 23 Number of Crematoria: 8 Crematoria situated at: Allee Bril1ant, Camp Fouquereaux, Cinq Arpents. Henrietta, Hi gh lands, La Marie , Phoenix Cemetery, Solfe rino *Statistics of Cremations for Mu nicipal Council of Vacoas-Phoenix Total % of Cremations deaths deaths 41 0 835 49.10 2009 192 571 33.63 2010 '" Th e figures are for Phoenix Municipal Cemetery. The council does not have records for the cremations carried out on cremation grounds . N.B. Permits for cremation are issued includ ing those at the Ph oenix Cemet ery by the Ministry of Health. The Pample mo usses Ri vie re du Rempart District Council Royal Road, Mapou President: Mr Krishnaduth Sowamber Secretary: Mr Mahendraduth Seechurn Treasurer: Mr Anil Kumar Raghooputh Date of foundation: 1962 Number of members: 36 District Councillors Number of Cre matori a: 1 Crematorium situated at : Belmont "'Statistics of Cremations for The Pamplemousses Riviere du Rempart District Council Total % of Cremations deaths deaths 1,443 438 30.35 2006 1,249 345 2007 27.62 "Lat est figu res obtainable 2011 I PH AROS IN TER NATIONAL I 31 Norsk Forening For Kirkega rdskultur Polish Funeral Association Latureni, nr. 43, Hunedoara, Romania Geleen, Gouda, Goutum, Groninge n, Postbus S22, 5600 AM Eindhoven Neslandsvatn, N-3750 Drangedal , No rway Etiudy Rewolucyjnej 48 Number of crematoria: 2 Haarlem, Heerenveen, Heerlen, Heeze, President: Ha ns Jakob Nes 02-643 Warsaw, Poland Cre matoria situated at: Ulaanbaatar City Helmond, Hoorn, Kerkrad e, Le ide n, President: Drs. E. Doeve Secretary: Meuroww L Engele n Tre asurer: J L R van Dyk RA, Drs P Loe ffen Date o f foundation: 1937 Number of members: 3, 100,000 Name of journal: DELA Kroniek Date o f foundatio n: 1950 Published: twice a year Circulation (per issue}: 1,300,000 Oude Stadsg eacht 1, 56 11 DD Eindhoven President: Ma ri us Ro tar Vice ·President: Cosmin Bodrean Vice-Pre sident: Constantin Musescu Treas ure r: Mihaela Bodrean Date of foundation: 22 April 201 0 Number of members: 32 Name of journal: Ma gazin Funerar (3 pages per issue allocated to 'Amurg') Published: quarterly Circulation: 1,000 MONGOLIA Eijsd e n, Eindhoven, Emme n, Ensche d e, Lelystad, Meppe l, Middelburg, Statistics of cremations Nieuwegein, Nijme gen , Purmerend, Total % of Rijswijk, Roose ndaa l, Rosmalen, Rotterdam __-,C",'."e.mations _ _ -"d"e"a"th"s,--_ deaths (Hofwijk), Rotterdam (So uth), Schagen, 2009 2010 Schiedam, Spijkenisse , Stadskanaal. 2,735 888 5,661 4,832 48 .31 18.38 Terneuzen, Tilburg , Uden, Uithoorn, Utrecht, Velsen, Venlo, Vlijmen, Winschot e n, Zaandam, Zoetermeer, Zwolle . Mongolian Funeral Association #204 New Mind Buildi ng, Ulaanbaatar 210628 , Mongolia d) DELA Secre tary: Synn0ve Haugstad Sira President: Tomasz Sa lski Date o f foundation: 1966 Number o f members: 575 Na me o f journal: Kirkeg arden Date of foundation: 1998 (Ori g inally 'Kirkegardskultur' founded in 1970) Published: qu arte rly Circulation (pe r issue): ' ,300 Editor: Alf Bergin Berre , N-7870 -G rong, Norway Secretary: Francisze k Maksymiuk Statistics of cremations President: Id ermaa Garavsuren NEW ZEALAND Treasurer: Jan Szczuci ri ski Date of founda tion : 1998 Numbe r o f membe rs: 65 Nam e of journal: Memento Date o f fo undation: 1997 Published: 6 times per year Circula tion (per issue): 600 U - ~ RUSSIA ' - - - -- PORTUGAL ---' Number of crema toria: 15 Total %of Cremations deaths deaths 76, 191 77 ,465 134,235 56.76 Number o f crematoria: Unknown . 135,895 57.00 Most city crematoria are owned and o perated by the local council altho ugh Cementerio Britanico (Calla o - Lima there has been a trend in recent years Department), Baquijano Cementery (Callao (LVC) towards funeral ho mes establi shing their -Lima Department), Centro Fune ra rio (Du tch National Cremation Federatio n) own small crematory. There is no national Jardinez de la Paz (Lurin - Lima Department), Number of cremato ria: Van Stolkweg 29a, 2585 IN De n Haag organisation for these facilities and Crematoria Ecologico El Manantial (Villa El Crematorium situated at: Windhoek President: Mr P N van Wageningen Secretary: Mr J M H J Keizer Treasurer: Mrs C H M A van de Sa n devan Hal Date of fo undatio n: 1988 Number of m embers: 69 therefore no accurate details of those Salvador - Lima Department), El Angel currently operating . Within the funeral Cementery (Lim a Dep artment), Jardines d e industry it is a cknowledged that 70% o f la Paz Ce me ntery (La Molina -Lima de aths a re cremated. Departme nt), Navy Hospital (Callao - Lim a C.3mara Municipal De Lisboa De partm e nt), The Army (Lima Department) Direc'V-ao Munic ipal de Ambiente Urbano the following crematoria ceased due to lack Departamento de Higi e ne Urbana o f funding or legal restrictions: Izhevsk, Chief Executive Officer: Ariunzul Myagmar 2009 2010 Treasurer: Batbuyan Volodya Date o f fo undation: July 2008 N umber of members: 7 a) Landelijke Ve reninging van Crematoria NAMIBIA *Statistics of cremations Cremations 2009 399 2010 380 Total % of deaths deaths Transi sto rs traat 10, 1322 CE, Almere Namibia , thus carrying o ut crem ations for President : Mr H L Tiesinga the entire country. Death stati stics are Secretary: Mrs R M Zwetsman-Kooistra Tre asurer: Mr H Slomp Date of foundation: 2001 Number of members: 950,000 Name of journal: Yarden Ma gazine Date of foundat ion: 2001 Published: twice a ye ar Circulation (pe r issue): 450,000 Editor: Mr Huub La ng e ndonk currently not available for the entire country, only for the City o f Windhoe k. No burial statistics are available for Namibia and to apply a crematio n rate for the co untry using fi g ures ap plicable to Windhoek would be mis leading. Windhoek Crematorium P.O .Box 59, Windhoek, Namibi a Cremation Officer: Mr Obed Ha raseb NETHERLANDS % of de aths 28,960 28,440 72.00' 72.00'" President: Mr W H J M Hille bra ndt Secretary: Mr P G Kok Treasurer: Mr F L J Ja cobs Date offoundation: 1874 Num ber of members: 80,000 Name of jo urn al: 06it Date of foundati o n: 1984 Published : triennia lly Circulation (per issue): 70,000 Editor: Mr Th .A.M . d e Natris Facultatieve Media B.V. 32 I PHAROS INTERNATIONAL I WINT ER 2 0 11 Crematoria situated at: Ferreira do Alentejo, Artyom (Primo rsky Region), *Che!yabinsk, Lisbon (2), a nd Porto Eka terinburg, Moscow (4), Nizhny Tagil , "'Statistics of cremations Rostov- na-Donu, St. Pete rsbu rg , Surgat, No rilsk , Novokuznetsk , Novosibirsk, "'Statistics of cremations Cremations Tota l de a ths % of deaths 555 63 5 915 1,00 2 60.66 63 .37 2009 2010 Total 'ro of Cre mations deaths de aths Vladivosto k. 2009 4,55 1 2010 4,76 1 "Lisbo n o nly 9,11 3 8,907 49 .94 not been disclosed. 53.45 A new crematorium in Vo lgograd has been • Cremation numbers fo r Chelyabinsk have constructed but is not yet in operation. Constructi on o f a new crematorium in Khabarovs k comm e nced in 20 11. Des ign o f Divisao de Gestao Ce miterial Krasnoya rsk, Nizhny Novgorod , Sa ma ra, Avenida 24 d e Julho, 171 C 1399 021 Stavro pol, Tyumen, Ufa and Ulan-Ud e. Lisboa, Portugal President: Dr Ant6nio Costa "'Statistics of cremations Councillor: Dr. J ose Sa Fernandes Chief o f Division: Arqtt. Ana Paula Ribei ro Asociacio n De l Cementerio Britanico P.O . Box 398, Chri stchurch, Total %of Crematio ns d e aths deaths 105,384 108, 577 227,672 291,612 46.29 37.23 2009 2010 ROMANIA New Zeala nd Avenida Ma riscal Osca r R. Benavides Gen eral Manage r: Barba ra Terry Date of(oundation: 1936 as a private company. (Avda. Co lonia l) 2141 , Callao, Lima, Peru. Number of crematoria: Informati on provided by the following President: Carlos Da vis Cancina Secretary: Ma ureen Chesterton Treasurer: Eleonor de Zufliga Da te of fo undation: 1835 Numbe r of members: 7 Crematoria situated in: Bu charest (\fitan organisa tio n: L . . . . -_ _---' ~ iIiii Crematoria situated at : Alesund, Arendal. B.::erum, Bergen , Bod0', Drammen, GjelVik, Halden, Harstad, Kon gsvinger, Kristiansand, Kristiansund, Na rvik, Odda, Oslo, Ringerike , Sarpsborg , Skedsmo, Skien , Stavanger, Steinkjer, Tinn , Trondheim, Vestfold Roermond . Number o f crematoria: 8 Cre ma toria situated at: Asociacion del Cremation Society o f Canterbury limited (Royal Dutch Cremation Society 'de Van St olkweg 29a, 2585 IN Den Haa g Crematoria situa ted in the follo wing cities: "'Lima only Number of crematoria: 24 One new cremato rium op e ned in 201 0 in Crematoria situated at: Aalten, Almel o, Almere, Alphe n a/d / Ryn, Amersfoort, Am sterda m (NW Oosterbegraafplaats), Am sterdam (Westgaarde), Apeldoorn , Appingedam, Arnhem, Asse n, Ba exem, Bergen op Zoom, Beuningen, Bilthoven, Breda , Capelle aan de IJssel , Den Haag (Nieuw Eykenduynen), De n Haag (Ockenburg), Diepenveen, Di e ren , Doetinchem, Do rdrecht. Dra chten, Ede, 2009 2010 "'Estimated figures. Total deaths Facultatieve Crematie Fa cultati eve') Number of crematoria: 69 Crematio ns NORWAY c) Koninklijke Vereniging voor Number of crematoria: 4 Statistics of cremations b) Yarden Vereniging " Windhoek is the only crematorium in PERU 1.....-_----' Statistics of cremations 2009 Total % of Cremations deaths deaths 14,815 41,449 35.74 ::: 20:c1~0_---,1-, 4 ,,, 66 -=-4" '---_--'41,,,::.; 50;.:0'--_-=35.33 POLAND_ _ _ _- - ' L..-_ Barze~ti) Novosibirsk Funeral Trade House Ltd 4/ 10 Voyentorgovskaya St, Voskhod , Statistics of cremations ~ Number of crematoria: 1 3 Crematoria situa te d at: Cz~ stochowa, D<;lbrowa G6rn icza , Glogow, Szczecin, Warszawa, Wro claw (co mmunal), Poznan ~coopera tive), Bytom, Gdansk, t6di, Ruda SI;;.ska (private), t6di (church), Wyszkow Novosibirsk reg, Russia 630530 Tota l % of Cremations dea ths death s 781 853 257,213 259,723 0 .30 0 .33 2009 2010 Information prOVided by the follOWing SERBIA org anisation : Administra ion o f Cemeteries a nd Human Crematories Bu charest Human Crematory Vita n Number of crematoria: 2 Ba rze~tj Crem atoria situated at: Belgrade and 1 Greenhouses, 4 District Statistics of cremations Cremations 2009 2010 Name of journal: ' Fune ral Home' Date of foundation : 2003 Published: monthly Circulation: 2,500 Editor: Sergei Yakushin No vi Sad 042124 Bucharest, Romania Total deaths % of dea ths *8.00 *9.00 387,000 20,658 ' 380,000 "'Approximately. ' Represe nts cremations carried out at 8 ofthe 13 known cre matoria . Director: Bogd a n Peter Tanase Date of fo unda tion: 1994 Statistics of cremations Total % of ____~C~'.~m ~ at~io~n~s~__~d~e~ a""t h~ , __~ d~ e~at~ ~ ~ In April 20 10 the Amurg. Romanian 2009 2,205 11,543 19.10 Cremati on Association was founded: 2010 2,890 12,882 22.43 W IN T E R 2011 I PHARO S INTERNATIONAL I 33 Udruzenje Krema tista Srbije "OGANJ" (Clare Estate), Durb an (Stellawood), East All information has been provided by the (Guipuzcoa), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Date of foundation: 1882 (Ban chi ao City). Taoyuan County (Jhongli (Cremation Assoc ia tio n of Serbia) Lond on, Eshowe, George, Johannesburg fo llowing organisa tion : Cruz de Te nerife (M ixta), Santander, Sevilla, Number of members: 409 City) (Taoyuan City), Taitung County Kataniceva 22 (Braamfontein), Jo hannesburg (Brixton), Korea Memorial Service, Inc. I Funeral News Soria, Tarragona, Tarrega (leridal, Terra sa Name of journal: Kyrkogarden (Chenggong Town ship) (Taitung City), Yilan 11 000 Beograd , Serbia Kempton Park, Kimbe rley, Klerksdo rp, B-1 031, Poong lim 1 want Plus, (Barcelona) , To ledo, To rrejo n de Ardoz Date of foundation: 1929 County (luodong Township) (To uche ng President: Mrs Dus ica Vuckovic Krugersdorp, Ladysmith, Lenasia, (Mad), Torrent e (Alicante), Valencia, Published: 6 tim es a year Township) (Vi/an City), Yunlin Cou nty (Huwei Secre tary: Mrs Maja Nikolic Malmesbury, Middelburg (Hiveld ), Ne lspruit Seohyun-d o ng, Bundang -gu, Seongnam -shi. Gyunggi-do, Circulation (per issue): 3,000 Township) Treasurer: Mrs Nada Da ncet ovic (Lowveld), Newcastle, Pieterm aritzburg 463-862, South Korea Vele z Ma laga, Vigo- Memori al , Vigo- Date of foundation: December 1904 (Cremone), Pie termaritzburg (Mo untain Number of me mbers: S,600 Rise), Pietersburg , Port Elizabeth, Po rt ~ SINGAPORE Shepsto ne, Preto ri a, To ngaat, Upington, l..--~_""" ~ Va nderbijlpark, Verulam, Worcester. Num ber o f cre mato ria : 4 *Statistics of cremations Chu Kang, Manda i, Tse Tho Aum Cremations 2009 2010 Total % of Cremations deaths deaths 13,146 13,704 17,101 17,610 76.87 77.82 fT. Parque), Valladolid ·Necropolis, Editor: Bo Silferberg Municipal, Villajoyosa (Alican te), VilJanueva Kyrkogarden, Box 1907 ' , 104 32 Sere na-Badajoz, Villarro bledo (Alba cete), Stockholm, Sweden Statistics of cremations Vitoria (Alava) Gaste iz, Vitoria C.A.lava) Number of cre ma t o ria: 1 32 SWITZERLAND Lanzurica, Zamora, Zaragoza A Coru iia (Servisa), A Coryiia Municipal, Total % of Albacete, Albo lote (G rana da), Aka la d e deaths deaths Henares, Alco bendas, Alcorcon, A1fafar- .6.00 ±3.00 2003 37, 138 34,699 2004 otLatest figu res obtainable Silla (Vale ncia), Algeciras (Cadiz), A1icante, Alora (Malaga), Arredfe (l anzarote), Aviles (Asturias), Azcoitia (Guipuzcoa), Bad ajoz, Total %01 deaths deaths 387,019 19.33 2005 74,819 *380,000 '20.50 2006 77 ,900 * Approximately. Latest figu res obtainable Badalona (Barcelona), Baracaldo (Vizcaya), Barcelona, Barcelona (Rocas Bl ancas), Ceme ntiris de Ba rcelona 5.A. cremations to deaths is pro bably in the Benalmadena (Malaga ), Bilbao (Vizcayal. C Joan d' Austria, 130, Sant Mart!, 127,941 131 ,249 141 ,097 145,772 90.68 90.04 Basel-Stad t, Be llinzo na , Bern, Bi el, Burgdorf, Taiwa n. La Cha ux-de- Fo nds, Chu r, Davos-Platz, All info rmation is provided by the foll owing Fribourg, Geneve, l a ngenthal , Lausanne, organisatio n: Locarno, Lugano, Luze rn , Neuchatel, Olten, Kaihung Enviro nmental Engin eering Co Ltd 6 F., No.376, Sec. 7, Che ng De Road, Bei-Tou, Taipei, Taiwan President; Chi ng-Wen Hu Sio n, Solothurn , Thun, Wi nterthur, Zurich. region of 3% as a result of AIDS deaths Burgos-Ia Pa z, Burgos-San Jose, Carcajente 06018 Barce lona National Environment Agency most of which end up as burials (the (Valencia), Cartagena, Caste ll6n, Ceuta, President Mr J oa n Puigdollers Fa rgas Environme ntal Health Department pre ferred way for African disposals) Chiclana d e la Fronte ra , Ciudad Real Secre tary: Mr Joan Manuel Aparicio Ullod fT. Alfonso Xl, Treasurer: Mr Angel Pascual Ca no Ciudad Real (T. del Prado), deaths Th ere is no nationa l crema tion society in Cre m atoria situated at: Aarau, Bad e n, Ruti, St. Gall en , Schaffha usen, Schwyz, It is be lieved that the percentage of 40 Scotts Road, #21-00 Envi ronment Building % of deaths Number o f cre mato ria : 28 Statistics of cremations Cremations Total Cremations 2009 2010 Crematoria situated a l: Crematoria situated at: Brighthill, Choa Statistics of cremations SPAIN Valladolid Statistics of cremations Total % of Cremations deaths d ea ths 52,402 52,813 62,476 62,000 83.88 85.18 2009 2010 THAILAND 10...-0_ _....... = = Si nga pore 760807 National Fune ra l Directo rs' Association Ciudade la (Me no rca), Col lado Villa lba, ~S~LO~V~EN~I~A!'~'.~!!=] iiii of Southe rn Afr ica Cordoba, Coria del Rio (Sevilla), Cuenca, Number o f cre matoria: 2 Secretary: Mr Rey von Ronge (Madrid), El goibar (Guipuzcoa), Erandio Num ber of crematori a: 66 Stiftu ng Krematorium St Galle n, Northe rn Province where open air Crematoria situated a t: Ljublj ana & Maribor Treasurer : Mr Ri p van Wyk (Vizcaya), Espi nardo (Murcia), Estepona Crema toria situa ted at: Alingsas, Ange lho lm, Fe ldlistrasse 1 Ba, cremation in a cemetery is still the custom , Date of foundation : 1948 (Ma laga), Figueras (Gerona), Fuengirola Arvika, Bollnas, Boras, Eskilstuna, Fagersta, (Malaga), Ga ldacano (Vizcaya), Getafe, Falun , Filipstad , Gallivare , Gavle, Goteborg, (Fu1l165 (Associate) 250 (limited) 8 Name of journal: Fo rum Gij6n, G ra nad a, Granollers (Ba rcelona), Halmstad , He lsingborg, Hoganas , Guadalajara, Hospitalet de Uobregat{BCN), Hudd inge , Huskvarna, Jo nko ping , Kalmar, Huelva , Jaen (Benigno Torres), Jae!n (G rupo Karlsha mn, Karlskoga, Karlskrona, Karlstad, Delgado), Jaen (San Jose), JJlVea (A1icante), Katrineholm, Kiruna, Kramfors, Kristianstad, CH·9000 5t Gallon President: Franco Kessell Secretary: Ruth Heeb Treasurer: Christian Gasser Date offounda tion: 1913 Number of members: 17,646 crematoria are located at temples which Number of members; Date of foundation : 1950 Jere z de la Frontera (Cadiz), La linea de la Kristinehamn, Landskrona, lidkoping , Zale Javno Podjetje, d .o.o. Published: quarterly Concep cion (Cadiz). Las Palmas de G ran linkoping , Ludvika, Lulea, Lund, Malmo, Med hmeljniki 2, 1000 Ljubljana Circulation (per issue): 450 Canaria, Las Pa lmas de Gran Canaria (MB), Ma riestad, Mo ra, Motala, Nacka , Leganes, Leon (Funeraria leo nesa), Le6n Norrko ping, Nyk6pi ng , Nynas hamn, Statistics of cremations 2009 2010 Total % of Cremations deaths deaths 14,348 14,569 18,750 18,609 74.93 78.29 PO.Box 9, Si mon's Town, 7995. Sou th Africa. Denia (Alicante), El Ejido (Almeria), Elch e President: Mr Monesh Govende r (Alicante), Elda (Alicante). El Escoria l President: Zdenka Grozde, univ.dipl.prav. SOUTH KOREA Secretary: Katja Tekavec ' - -_ _ _ _ _ _ _-1 I ~.~47 I ~ Treasurer: Kristina Hafner Lapajne Date of foundation : 2006 Number of crematoria: 2,077 BO% of Thai peop le are Buddhist and SWEDEN Schweize rische r Verband fur there fore c re mation is the usual method of Feu erbestattung disposa l. With the exception of the could number 20,000. However the above fi gure is based on the number of cre matoria that have registered with the Departme nt o f Provincial Administration Thailand since 1993. TAIWAN *Statistics of cremations Tota l % of deaths deaths 385,548 481,981 2008 318,504 398,130 2009 ·la test fig ures obta inable 80.00 80.00 Th e opening o f the new crematorium in (Serfunle), Leri da , linares, 1I0dio (Alaval, Nassjo, O rebo, Oskarshamn , Ostersund, Mi ao li County (BOO of Cuan-An -Tai Fu-Lu- Logrono, Madrid , Mal aga, Ma nzanares Sandviken, Skelleftea, Sk6vd e, Solle ntuna, Shou-Yua n) planned for 2009 has been postpon e d to 2012 . Cre mations Date offoundation: 19 14 Numbe r of crematoria : 51 (Ciudad Real), Ma rbe lla, Me lilla, Merida Stockho lm (Skogs, Racksta), Su ndsva ll , Number of members: 1 Cre matoria situa ted at: Busan, (Badajoz), Mieres del Camino (Asturias), Tranas, Trelleborg , Trollhatta n, Umea, Number o f cre mato ria: 34 Name of journal: Urban Chungcheonbuk (3), Chungcheongnam (3), Molina de Segura (MlJ((;ia), Mondragon Uppsala, Vane rsborg, Varberg, Varnamo, Crema to ria situa ted at: Chiayi City, Hsinchu Date of foundation: 2004 Daegu, Daejeon, Gangwon (7), (Guipu zcoa), Mo nz6 n (Huesca), Mostol es, Vaste ras, Vaxjo , Vetlanda , Visby, Ystad. City, Hsinchu County (Jhudong Township), Tha iland . Informati o n is provided by the Published: quarte rly Gyeongsang buk (10), Gyeongsangnam (9). Murcia, Naron (La Coruiia), Nijar, Orense, Hualien Co unty (Fo ng lin Township) (J ian fol lowing organisa tion: Circula tion : 2,500 Gyunggi (2), Incheon , Jeju , Jeollabuk (4), Oviedo , Palencia (San Milla n), Palencia Township) (Rue isuei Township) (Yuli Sia m Fun e ra l & Repatriation Co. Ltd. Editor: Justina SimCic Jeo ll anam (5), Kwangju, Seo ul , Ulsan (T. Pa rque), Palma de MaUorca, Pamplona, Township), Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung 2117 TRS Building , 4th Floor Statistics of cremations Pa rla, Pinos Puente (Granada), Pinto J avni Holding Ljubljana, d.o.o. (Madrid), P/asencia (San Lorenzol. Plasencia Statistics of cremations Verovskova 70 , Ljublja na SOUTH AFRICA 2009 2010 Number of cre matoria: 33 Total % of Cremations deaths deaths 160,433 172,27 6 246,942 255,403 64.97 67.45 Johannesburg (Fourways) closed in 2005 (Ntra. Senora de Fatima), Ponteved ra, 2009 2010 Total %01 Crematio ns deaths deaths 69,554 69,777 90,080 90,787 77.21 76.86 Puentege nil (Cordoba), Puerto Real (Cadiz), County (Re nwu Township), Keelung City, Vibhavadirangsit Road Kinme n County, Mia oli County (Dahu Ladyao Bangko k 10900 Tow nship) (Nanjhuang Township), Nantou Tha ila nd County (Jiji Township), Penghu County Renteria, Reus (Ta rragona), Ribarroja del Sve riges kyrko gards-och Turia (Valencia), Salamanca, Salt (Gero na), krema t o riefo rbu nd (Magong City), Pingtung County (Fangliao Township) (Gaos hu Township) (Pingtung San Fe liu de Guixol (Gerona), San Fernando Box 1907 1., SE- l 04 32 Stockho lm City), Taichung City, Ta ichung County (Dajia de He na res (Mad), San Javier (Murcia), President: Mr J an O lov Andersson Township), Tainan Ci ty, Tainan County Brakpa n, Cape Town (Ma itland), Despatch, San Lore nzo d e l Escoria l (Mad), Sa n Pedro Secretary: Eva Arbrandt J ohansson (liouying Township) (Sinyi ng City) (Zuojh e n Durba n (C hatsworth/Mobenil, Durban del Pin atar (Murcia), San Sebastia n Treasurer: Elisa beth Ponteus Township), Ta ipei City, Ta ipei County Crematoria situated at: Bloemfontein, 34 I PHAR OS I NTERNATIONAL I Th e re is no natio nal cre mation society. W I N TE R 2011 There is no natio nal cremation society in W INT E R 20 1 1 I PHAR OS IN TE RNATI O NAL I 35 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Greater Mancheste r (14), M erseyside (6), Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont , Virginia, Norfolk (4), Northamptonshire (2), Washington, West Virgi nia, Wisconsin , Numb e r of crematoria: 4 Northumberland (1), Nottin ghamshire (4), Wyoming. The first is situated in Port of Spain and Oxfordshire (2), Shropshire (2), Som erset operated by Port of Spa in City Corpora tion. (5), Staffordshire (4), Suffol k (3), Surrey (3), *Statistics of cremations The second and third are situated in San Sussex (7), Tyne & Wear (7), Warwickshire Fernando and Trincity and are both operated by Belg roves Funera l Home Co., (3), West Midlands (12 ), Wiltshire (3), Worcesters hire (2), Yorks hire (24), 2008 Ltd . Th e fourth is s itu ated in Arima. Scotland (26)' Wales (1 3), Northern Ireland 2009 In addition t he re are six sites (rive rbanks (1), Chan nell sl,nds (2). Table of International Statistics Total % of Cremations deaths d eaths 894,591 930,429 2,4 38,840 36.22 40.62 2,473,018 *Latest figures obtainable * Statistics of cremations 94 94 38.21 95 **84,541 **92,656 **25.41 Austra lia 77 Cremation Associatio n of North America Austria 11 72,000 23,112 49,201 used by Hindus alone) where cre mations are carried out by traditi ona l pyre. 1 Argentina Andorra Execu tive office: 401 North Michigan Belgium 12 Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 606 11 Brazil 32 Executive President: Mike Nicodemus Director: Bar bara Ke m mis Canada Treasurer: Rick W iseman Date of foundation: 19 13 China, The People's Republic of Colombia The Cremation Society of Great Britain Number of members: 1,400 Cuba (Havana City only) 1st Floor, Brecon House, 16/16a Albion Place, Name of journal: The Cremation ist of Czech Repub lic Belgroves Funeral Homes Company Ltd M aidstone, Kent. ME1 4 5DZ North A m erica Denmark 27 32 107 -109 Coffee Street, San Fernando Web site: www.cremation.org.u k Finland 22 Trinidad, West Indies President: The Rt Hon Th e Earl G rey Da te of foundation: 1965 France 151 Managing Director: Keith Belgrove Secretary: Mr R N Arber Published: quarterly Germany 152 Secretary: Mercedes Belgrove Date o ffoun dation: 187 4 Circulation (per issue): 1,500+ Ghana 6 Treasurer: Mercedes Belgrove Date of foundation : 1888 (private company) Nu mber of members: 5 Name of journal: Pharos Internation al Editor: John De!avin Haiti 1 1,200 269 Hong Kong 12 36,486 Hungary 12 · Statistics of cremations % 01 deaths Total Cremations deaths 10, 119 *8.81 2009 *89 1 2010 9,356 *964 *Sa n Fernando and Trincity only 2009 20 10 Total % of Cremations d eaths deaths 41 3,870 413,780 563,741 73.41 '565,624 *73.15 * Provision al figures '10.30 A limited liabi lity comp any p erforming Date o f foundation: 1934 ZIMBABWE Published: quarterly Editor: Mr R N Arber UNITED KINGDOM L . . . -_ _ _---' Num ber of crematoria: ~ ~ Crem atoria situa te d at: Bul aw ayo and Ita ly Harare. Japan Nu mbe r of cremat oria: 260 Crematoria situated in the following states: Crematoria situat ed in the following counties: Bedfordshire (2), Berkshire (4), A labama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colo rado, Connecticut, Bristol (3). Buckinghamshire (2), Delaware, Flo rid a, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Total % of Mauritius Mongolia Cremations deaths deaths 1999 772 11,414 6.76 Namibia 840 11,623 7.22 The Net herl ands Ca mbridgeshire (3), Ches hire (5), Cleveland Illinoi s, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky. 2000 Louisiana , M aine, Maryl and, M assachusetts, " Latest figure s obtainable "' Harare only (2), Devonshire (5), Dorset (3)' Durham (4), Michigan, Minnesota, Miss issippi, Missouri, Essex (9), G loucestershire (3), Hampshire Montana, N ebraska, Nevada, New City of Hara re, Department of Health, PO Box 596, Harare, Zimbabwe (5), Herefordshire (1), Hertfordshire (2), Ha mpshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New Isle of Man (1), Isle of Wight (1 ), Kent (8), Yo rk, North Carolina, North Dakota, O hio , Lancashire (8), Lei cestershire (2), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Lincolnshire (6), G reater London (24), Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, NB Th ese figu res are re produced as supplied by our contacts in each country. 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Speak to your regional sales W INT ER 201 1 New Zealand 4 58 1,545 42,408 19,561 158,000 42,050 21,068 80.87 77.34 41.47 164,000 30.09 No information available 89.00 453 3,090 76,868 22.46 11.39 13.09 1,245,798 99.94 1,186,607 No information available 1,867 '96 2 69 51.08 No information available 2,735 399 76, 19 1 888 380 77,465 unknown 555 Poland Roma nia Russia 15 Serbia 2 Singapore 4 2 33 51 132 14,664 635 20,658 4,761 4, 551 781 105,384 853 108,577 2,205 13, 146 2,890 13,704 14,348 18,609 18.38 57.00 "*7 2.00 35.33 63.37 **9.00 53.45 0.33 37.23 22.43 77.8 2 78.29 No informat ion available 160,433 172,276 67.45 No information avai la bl e Sweden 66 69,554 69,777 76.86 Switzerland 28 34 52,402 127,941 52,813 13 1,249 85.18 90.04 2,077 4 3 18,504 964 80 .00 10.30 *"73.15 Ta iwan Thailand Trinidad & Tobago (San Fernando & Trincity only) U.5.A. On target to deliver 38,006 412 14,8 15 Spain 4.23 2,906 71,898 8 13 4 South Korea 2,200 No information available 24 South Africa 14.80 3,196 86,411 Peru (Lima only) Slovenia, Repu blic of 49.00 2,190 86,583 Norway Un ited Kingdom www,goldencharter,co,uk I 1 **58.1 7 4,74 1,000 No inform ation avai lable 52 Portugal (Lisbon only) The biggest support team to help you win sales, PHAROS INTERNATI O NAL 4,542,000 Luxemb o urg "'Statistics of cremations (2), Cornwall (3), Cumbria (3), Derbyshire 36 I 1,724 Latvia Number of crematoria: 2,113 The only plan providei' wholly owned by the independent funeral directors we serve. **108,687 Ireland, Rep ublic of 2 47 .08 No information avai lable unknown Iceland cremations using its own facili ties. 50,708 No information avai lable Bulgaria (fo rmerly National Cremation Mag azine) 69.23 29 .87 260 2, 113 Zimbabwe (Ha rare only) 2 "'This figu re relates to cremators as opposed to crematoria HEstimated 89 1 413,870 930,429 41 3,780 40.62 No information available W I N T ER 20 11 I PHAROS INTERNATI ONA L I 37 International Cremation Statistics - Miscellaneous Listing The following is a list of countries in wh ich cremation fac ilities exist but for which we have been unable to obtain any figures to date . Aruba Nassau Bahamas Costa Rica 2 San Jose (2) Estonia 2 Tallinn, Tartu Grenada Guatemala City Guatemala Unknown India Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bansbaria, Baroda, Calcutta, Chandigarh, Gauhati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Madras, Mumbai, Mysore, New Delhi, Panihati, Surat and Trivandrum Djakarta, Surabaya, Jogjakarta, Surakarta, Semarang, Bandung and Malang Indonensia 7 Jamaica 2 Malaysia 7 Hokkien, Jahore, Kuala Lumpur, Kwantung, Petaling Jaya (2) and Wah Chai Mexico 70 Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Cordoba, Cuernavaca, Culiacan, OF (Mexico City),. Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Juarez, Mazatlan, Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Miguel Allende, Tampico, Torreon, Tuxtle Gutierrez, Uruapan and iitacuaro Panama 5 Philippines 2 Puerto Rico 3 Manila San Salvador El Salvador Slovak Republic 3 Banska Bystrica, Bratislava, Ko_ice Sri Lanka 45 Avissawella, Biyagama, Boralesgamuwa, Borella (4), Delgoda, Oickwella, Eldeniya Makola, Gampaha, Galkissa (2), Ganemulla, Godagama, Jawatte, Kalalgoda, Katugastota, Kirillapone, Kohuwela, Kolonnawa, Kurunegala, Madampitiya, Mahaiyawa (2), Maharagama, Matara, Matale, Mirigama, Mirihana, Moratuwa, Nawala, Nawalapitiya, Nuwara Eliya, Padukka, P~lnadura, Pannipitiya, Pugoda, Ratnapura, Talangama, Thunbowila, Udahamulla, Weligalla, Weligama, Weliweriya Suriname 2 Vietnam 2 38 I PHAROS INTERNATIONAL I WINTER Saigon and Hanoi 2011