The cemetery register is a paper binder, sometimes backed up by a spreadsheet, rarely both up to date at the same time. Nobody quite knows how many plots are still free, a concession deadline slips past unnoticed, and reclaiming an abandoned plot, a three-year procedure, gets lost between two terms of office. This application keeps the plot map, concessions and burial operations of a French town cemetery up to date, directly in Omnifloo.
Who the application is for
For the registry or technical department of a French local council that manages one or more town cemeteries: the officer who walks the grounds and answers families' questions, and the manager who grants concessions and follows reclamation procedures.
What the application does
- Organises plots by block, row and number, with a reference calculated for you, and covers seven plot types (ground burial, vault, wall niche, columbarium, cremation plot, ossuary, garden of remembrance).
- Checks each plot's capacity whenever a deceased person is registered, so it is never exceeded.
- Calculates a concession's expiry date from its duration (fifteen, thirty or fifty years, or in perpetuity) and its renewal deadline, without ever having them typed in by hand.
- Follows the abandonment reclamation procedure, reserved for concessions granted in perpetuity, with a second inspection calculated three years after the first and refused before that date.
- Finds a deceased person through a search that covers surname, maiden or birth name and first name at the same time.
- Records every burial operation (interment, exhumation, reduction of remains, transfer, deposit in the ossuary, scattering) with the reference and date of the mayor's authorisation.
Day to day
- Register the council's cemetery or cemeteries, each with its reference ossuary.
- Create plots (block, row, number, type, capacity) as they are identified on the ground.
- Grant a concession on a free plot: its expiry date and renewal deadline are calculated automatically from the duration chosen.
- Each night, a scheduled task moves any plot whose fixed-term concession has reached its expiry date into the lapsed state.
- For an abandoned perpetual concession, record the abandonment with the reference of the inspection report, then reclaim the plot once the second inspection date is reached, three years later.
What the application does not do
- It does not provide a cartographic or GIS-style map: plots are located by block, row and number, not on a map.
- It does not open a public portal for families to consult.
- It does not invoice concessions: the fee is recorded, but collecting it is a matter for the council's own revenue office.
- It does not interface with any funeral services operator.
- It does not replace checking the law currently in force with the competent authorities: the legal references it displays help track deadlines, but do not remove the need for that check.
Getting started
Go through your existing register, block by block, to create plots with their actual type and capacity, then enter current concessions with their start date and duration: expiry dates and renewal deadlines will then be calculated from those two pieces of information.
Going further
To find out whether this application suits your business and how to activate it, compare the plans or write to us.