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Hôtel de ville

Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
façades et toitures : inscription par arrêté du 29 octobre 1975
Protection dates
1975/10/29 : inscrit MH
Type
hôtel de ville
Main period of construction
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Ambert
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.54909, 3.74320
Mérimée reference
PA00091857

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1776 map "52 Clermont." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

En 1816, les plans de l'hôtel de ville auraient été établis à l'initiative des citoyens et à l'imitation de la halle aux blés de Paris. En 1822, le marché aux grains s'installe au rez-de-chaussée de l'édifice. De 1825 à 1827, sont menés les travaux d'aménagement de la mairie à l'étage. £L'hôtel de ville présente un plan circulaire. Le bâtiment s'appuie sur trois murs concentriques, le plus petit délimitant la halle originale et la grande salle du conseil au-dessus, le second ménageant sanitaires et escalier d'accès à l'étage, le troisième abritant deux niveaux, un large passage à arcades et, au-dessus, les locaux de la mairie.

English translation

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In 1816, the plans for the town hall are said to have been drawn up at the initiative of the citizens and in imitation of the grain hall in Paris. In 1822, the grain market moved to the ground floor of the building. From 1825 to 1827, work was carried out on the arrangement of the town hall on the upper floor. The town hall presents a circular plan. The building rests on three concentric walls, the smallest defining the original hall and the great council chamber above, the second providing sanitary facilities and access staircase to the upper floor, the third housing two levels, a wide arcade passage and, above, the town hall premises.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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