Italy

Professional associations:

Federazione Nazionale Imprese Onoranze Funebri (FENIOF)
Via Miliani, 7/a
I-40132 BOLOGNA
Phone: + 39 (0)51 6650 285
Fax:       + 39 (0)51 6650 283
E-mail:     feniof@feniof.it 
E-mail:     feniofinternational@tiscali.it
Web site: www.feniof.it

SEFIT-Federgasacqua
Viale Cavour 179/A
I-00184 Rome  
Phone: + 39 0 64 78 65 600
Fax:       + 39 0 64 78 65 555
E-mail:  sefit@tin.it 
Web site: www.federutility.it

Transport Agreement:
The Berlin Agreement, the Strasbourg Agreement, the Italian-Vatican Agreement, the Switzerland-Italy Agreement, and the Paris Agreement are ratified and legislated upon by the Italian government

General information:
58,14 million inhabitants (July 2008 est.)
††††  616,900 deaths per year (July 2008 est.)

National language:
Italian

First obligatory foreign language in public education:

Religions:
Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant and Jewish,  Muslim and other 10%

National holidays:
1 January, 6 January, 12 April, 25 April, 1 May, 15 August, 1 November, 8 December, 25-26 December

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):
A. Cremation rate: 10,85 % (2008)
B. There are 53 crematoriums in Italy (2008). There are some few (2-3)and old private owened. The rest is pubic owened.
There is not any regulation on a maximum period of time between death and burial/cremation.The funeral ceremonies does usually take place in a church. During the funeral ceremoni the coffin is closed. (It is forbidden with open coffin)
The Cemeteries are public owened.
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