France

Professional association:

Confédération des Professionnels du Funéraire et de la Marbrerie (CPFM)
14 Rue des Fossés Saint-Marcel
F-75005 Paris 
Phone: + 33 (0)1 55 43 30 00
Fax:     + 33 (0)1 55 43 93 09
Email: cpfm@cpfm.fr 
Web site: www.cpfm.fr

Transport Agreement:
The Berlin Agreement, the Strasbourg Agreement, the Paris Agreement, the France-Monaco Agreement, and the Vienna Agreement are ratified and legislated upon by the French government

General information:
60,87 million inhabitants (July 2008 est.)
††††  8,48 deaths/1.000 population (July 2008 est.)

National language:
French

First obligatory foreign language in public education:

Religions:
Roman Catholic 83 - 88 %, Protestant 2 %, Jewish 1 %, Muslim 5 - 10 %, unaffiliated 4%.

National holiday:
14 July

Special regulations/legislation concerning repatriation of deceased persons or human ashes:
1. To bring a deceased into the country
2. To bring the deceased out of the country.

Basic information about cemeteries or churchyards (administration, ownership):
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B. There are 105 crematoriums in France.
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