Key:cemetery
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Specifies parts of a cemetery, single graves or special kinds of cemeteries. 
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| Group: landuse |
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Status: in use
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This key is used to specify a part of a cemetery, a single grave or a special kind of cemetery.
Values for parts of a cemetery or single graves
- cemetery=sector
- A sector (part) of a cemetery (see proposal of 2014)
- cemetery=grave
- A single grave
Values for special kinds of cemeteries
These vales are usually specified in connection with landuse=cemetery on areas 
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- cemetery=war_cemetery
- A burial place for members of the armed forces or civilians who died during military campaigns or operations
- cemetery=wood or cemetery=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 a columbarium 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).
- cemetery=pet
- A burial place for domestic animals
- cemetery=ossuary
- A final resting place of human skeletal remains, e.g. from cleared graves.