Almoradí cuts cemetery concessions to 25 years and allows ceremonies for other faiths

Almoradí Town Council has given initial approval to a new bylaw for its municipal cemetery, allowing secular ceremonies and ceremonies for other religious faiths. The rules reduce the concession period for niches and plots from 75 to 25 years and open a 30-working-day public consultation period for objections. The announcement was published in the Official Gazette of the Province (BOP) on 26 October.

The rules also set out how funeral concessions and changes of ownership are to be handled. They clarify that niches and plots are not bought outright but granted for use for a set period. The bylaw also provides procedures for recovering spaces that remain unused.

The change may affect families managing a funeral concession in the municipality, particularly when transferring it and in the duration of new rights of use. The approval is provisional: objections can be submitted during the public consultation period before the bylaw completes its passage and receives final approval.

The council says the cemetery has hundreds of family tombs and thousands of niches. The new rules aim to organise its management and establish what should happen when the holder of a concession dies or a space is abandoned.

The bylaw follows expansion and improvement works at the municipal cemetery, completed in 2025 at a cost of €256,000. The project included an ossuary, new funeral units and a covered space for ceremonies, in response to a lack of capacity at the site.

The rules were preceded by a public consultation launched in July 2026, which allowed 20 days for proposals to be submitted. The agreement published in the BOP now begins the public consultation and objections process.

Article produced by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, based on public sources.