Tag:office=religion

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office = religion
Description
An office of a community of faith. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: offices
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: de facto

An office of a religious community is a facility used only for administrative tasks, e.g. secretaries and church offices. This tag can be used for offices of all types of religions and religious communities.

How to map

Place a node node at the middle or draw an area area along its outline. Tag it with office=religion.

Tags used in combination

  • name=* – the name of the office.
  • addr:*=* – to specify an address.
  • operator=* – the name of the order or religious institution operating the office.
  • opening_hours=* – hours when the office is open.
  • phone=* – phone number of the office.
  • email=* – email of the office.
  • website=* – official website of the office.
  • payment:*=* – to indicate the precise method of payment.
  • wheelchair=no/yes/limited – whether the office is wheelchair accessible, or not.
  • religion=* – to specify the religion associated with the office.
  • denomination=* – to specify the subgroup (denomination) of a specific religion.
  • diocese=* – the name of diocese under which the office is subject.
  • deanery=* – the name of deanery (or decanate) under which the office is subject.
  • parish=* – the name of the parish under which the office is subject.

Similar tags

  • office=parish - Exclusively used for Christian parsonages and parish offices.
  • amenity=place_of_worship - Used for places of worship like mosques, churches, cathedrals, synagogues, temples, etc.
  • amenity=monastery - Site of an active monastery (or canonry, convent, comandry or hermitage) - both ones for male monks and female nuns.
  • building=presbytery - A building that was originally built as a presbytery (where priests live and work).
  • building=monastery - A building that was originally built as a monastery.
  • building=convent - There is no real difference of any kind in building construction, and note that amenity=monastery tag is not making distinction between convent and monastery. But community of nuns (female) is often referred to as convent and living in a convent, in contrast to male community of monks. Note that amenity=monastery is not making this distinction.
  • building=friary - A building that was originally built as a Franciscan friary, as the Franciscans exclusively refer to their house.
  • building=office - A building that was originally built as an office building which contains spaces mainly designed to be used for offices.
  • amenity=community_centre - A place mostly used for local events, festivities and group activities.