Tag:building=church

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Description
A building that was built as a church.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: buildings
Used on these elements
Useful combination
name=* amenity=place_of_worship religion=* denomination=*
See also
building=cathedral building=chapel
Status: de facto
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A building that was built as a church. It includes cases where building is no longer used for original purpose.

Note that some places regularly used as a place of Christian worship were not constructed as churches and may not qualify for this tag; for example, an adapted residential building used as a meeting place for a congregation.

How to map

Draw as an area along the building outline. In cases where it is impossible one may use a node instead.

Tag it with building=.

Tags to use in combination

• name=* – The primary name: in general, the most prominent signposted name or the most common name in the local language(s).
• amenity=place_of_worship (if still used as place of worship)
• building:use=* – useful to record current building use, especially if it is no longer religious
• religion=* – Defines the specific religion.
• denomination=* – Defines the subspecies of a specific religion.
• building:architecture=* – Architectural style of a building
• Address – "addr" is the prefix for several addr:* keys to describe addresses.
• opening_hours=* – Describes when something is open or closed. There is a specific standard format for this data.
• wheelchair=* – Indicate if a special place can be used with wheelchairs.
• website=* – Specifying the link to the official website for a feature.

Rendering in OSM Carto

building= renders like any other building=* type:

building= + amenity=place_of_worship renders darker than other building=* types:

Similar tags

• building=cathedral – A building that was built as a cathedral.
• building=chapel – Building built as chapel.
• building=mosque – A building that was built as a mosque.

See also

• landuse=religious – An area used for religious purposes
• amenity=place_of_worship – A place where religious services are conducted
• man_made=tower + tower:type=bell_tower – Bell tower or church tower
• Church – page about tagging repurposed church buildings and places of worship in buildings not constructed as churches