The Service Cimetières (Cemeteries Department) is in charge of maintenance (green spaces and roads) at the city's 13 municipal cemeteries, which have a total surface area of 27 hectares. 15,310 burial plots have been granted by the College of Aldermen at the various municipal cemeteries to date.
The Service Cimetières provides a 24/7 hearse service to transport remains to the city's 18 municipal mortuaries, or to the Laboratoire National de Santé in Dudelange.
Gravediggers open and close the graves before and after burials. They act as pallbearers, assist during funeral services, and also assist with scattering ashes at the Merl-Belair cemetery.
Burials
Burial and cremation, date and time of the ceremony, place of burial or interment of ashes, grave deeds, funerary monuments and forest cemeteries
Interesting graves in Notre-Dame Cemetery
This walking tour includes 56 burial monuments, all of which can be found in Notre-Dame Cemetery. The tour focuses on sections developed between 1690 and 1918.
Luxembourg City cemeteries
Luxembourg City has 14 cemeteries. These are located in Bonnevoie, Cessange, Clausen, Fetschenhof, Hamm, Hollerich, Limpertsberg, Merl, Neudorf, Pfaffenthal, Ro…
Register a death
Deaths must be registered with the civil registry of the municipal office for the place of death within 24 hours.
