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In Germany there are approximately 844.00 diseased per year with a slowly growing tendency. The reason for this is the demography, because the number of elderly people is growing. 3800 funeral homes offer their services. We assume that today about 46% of the approximately 844,000 funerals in Germany are conducted as cremations.

ALPAR is the Latin American Association of Cemeteries and Funeral Services, founded in 1988 in Cartagena, Colombia in an effort to fulfill the need of integration, collaboration and promotion of honest competition and efficiency amongst the Continent. Therefore, ALPAR found a space to promote seminars, workshops, expos and offer specialized assistance programs and many other benefits amongst our members, who represent 19 countries of this continent and 4 countries from other continents.
FRANCE COUNTRY REPORT 2009
The Funeral Service sector in France comprises:
Funeral Services
Embalming
The number of funerals in France was 532.000 in 2008, a slight increase in comparison with 2007.
Cremation continues to progress to reach 28 % in 2008 to be compared with 1 % in 1975. There are 134 crematoria in activity and more than 30 future projects.
There are around 2.400 firms running more than 4.000 funeral shops and 2.000 funeral homes. A funeral home includes a reception hall, embalming facilities, viewing lounges and other facilities.