Tag:landuse=cemetery
 landuse = cemetery
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A place where people, or sometimes animals are buried that isn't part of a place of worship 
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This tag is used for a cemetery that isn't part of a place of worship. In most (European) countries, there is a difference between amenity=grave_yard and landuse=cemetery. Cemeteries are usually independent of places of worship (e.g. military cemeteries), while grave yards are usually the yard of a place of worship. Historically, grave yards are older, while modern cemeteries have been introduced during the industrialization in the 19th century.
How to map
Draw the outline of the area 
which will include the graves, footways, service roads and even inner green spaces as it is very likely that they will be used for future graves. Do not include the nearby parking areas, but internal parking may be included if considered to be part of cemetery.
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Do not add this tag within another instance of landuse=cemetery to mark its individual sectors. For cemetery sections, use cemetery=sector instead. |
Useful combination
name=*religion=*denomination=*parish=<name of the parish under which the cemetery or chapel is subject>operator=*
Rendering
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religion=christian -
religion=jewish -
religion=muslim
See also
cemetery=graveamenity=grave_yardamenity=crematoriumamenity=funeral_hallamenity=place_of_mourninglanduse=religious- land for religious purposes, that are not cemeterieshistoric=tomb(and subtags fortomb=*on Proposed features/tombs#Subtagging types)historic=archaeological_siteandarchaeological_site=necropolishistoric:civilization=*seamark:landmark:category=cemeterycemetery=sector- for tagging sectors of cemeteries (proposed)- Proposal cemetery sector: Proposed features/Cemetery sector
In discussion / in use
cemetery=war_cemetery– A burial place for members of the armed forces or civilians who died during military campaigns or operationscemetery=woodorcemetery=burial_forest– These values for
natural burial grave sites (usually in a forest) were discussed in the German OSM forum in 2018 (see [1], [2]) and are used in small numbers, especially in Germany (see Taginfo).cemetery=columbarium– This value for acolumbarium was discussed in the German OSM forum in 2018 as an alternative to tomb=columbarium(see [3]) and is used in small numbers (see Taginfo).
See also the German page of landuse=cemetery and the sections for natural burial grave sites (in discussion)(de) and columbarium (in discussion)(de).
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