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
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ARGENTINA
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_ _ _ _ _---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
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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
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Sin dicato dos Cemiterios e Crematorios
Particu la res do Brasil
Date of foundation : '933
President: Ricardo Chernitsky
P H AROS INTERNATIONAL
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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
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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
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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
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Number of members: 5
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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
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*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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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% 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
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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
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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.
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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 . . . . -_ _---'
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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
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Statistics of cremations
2009
Total
% of
Cremations
deaths
deaths
14,815
41,449
35.74
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20:c1~0_---,1-,
4 ,,,
66
-=-4" '---_--'41,,,::.;
50;.:0'--_-=35.33
POLAND_ _ _ _- - '
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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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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
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**58.1 7
4,74 1,000
No inform ation avai lable
52
Portugal (Lisbon only)
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Latvia
Number of crematoria: 2,113
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**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
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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
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