What is prohibited by an unusual law that has been passed in Lanjarn, Spain, in three settlements in southern France: (Cugnaux, Le Lavandou & Sarpourenx), and has been proposed for Biritiba-Mirim, Brazil?
Prohibition of death agreed to help build a new vertical cemetery; but, , nothing has been done, and the law has not yet been passed, leaving the situation in suspense. Three settlements in southern France have prohibited death. The mayor of Le Lavandou outlawed death in 2000, after planning permission for a new cemetery was turned down due to environmental concerns. He described the new bylaw as "an absurd law to counter an absurd situation". In 2007, Cugnaux also prohibited death, for similar reasons, and was subsequently granted permission to enlarge the local cemetery; inspired by the town's success, Sarpourenx was next to
Le Lavandou mayor passed an unusual bylaw making it illegal to die in the town. The mayor described his own bylaw as "absurd ... to counter an absurd situation"; the "absurd situation" was that with the town's cemetery already full, a court in Nice had denied permission for a new cemetery because it would mar the beauty of the selected site. Le Lavandou has been twinned with Kronberg (Germany) since 1973. Le Lavandou Le Lavandou (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It derives its name either from the flower lavender ("lavanda"