Tag:building=church

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Heinävesi Church 5.jpg
Description
A building that was built as a church. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Area building=yes.png
Group: buildings
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
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Status: de facto

A building that was built as a [W] church. It includes cases where building is no longer used for original purpose.

Note that some places regularly used as a place of Christian worship were not constructed as churches and may not qualify for this tag; for example, an adapted residential building used as a meeting place for a congregation.

How to map

Draw as an area along the building outline. In cases where it is impossible one may use a node instead.

Tag it with building=church.

Tags to use in combination

  • name=* – The primary name: in general, the most prominent signposted name or the most common name in the local language(s).
  • amenity=place_of_worship (if still used as place of worship)
  • building:use=* – useful to record current building use, especially if it is no longer religious
  • religion=* – Defines the specific religion.
  • denomination=* – Defines the subspecies of a specific religion.
  • building:architecture=* – Architectural style of a building
  • Address – "addr" is the prefix for several addr:* keys to describe addresses.
  • opening_hours=* – Describes when something is open or closed. There is a specific standard format for this data.
  • wheelchair=* – Indicate if a special place can be used with wheelchairs.
  • website=* – Specifying the link to the official website for a feature.

Rendering in OSM Carto

building=church renders like any other building=* type:

building=church + amenity=place_of_worship renders darker than other building=* types:

Similar tags

See also