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Usine Dodane

Besançon, Doubs, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Usine, y compris le décor intérieur et le jardin (cad. HX 58) : inscription par arrêté du 20 juin 1986
Protection dates
1986/06/20 : inscrit MH
Type
usine d'horlogerie
Main period of construction
2e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1939
Architect or builder
PERRET Auguste (architecte)
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Address
7B avenue de Montrapon
Commune
Besançon
Département
Doubs
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.24466, 6.01080
Mérimée reference
PA00101613

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

C’est en 1939 que l’horloger Raymond Dodane confie à Auguste Perret la construction d’une usine de montres. Achevée en 1943, elle réunit dans un seul bâtiment à plan en L, fonctions de production, fonctions administratives et logement patronal. L’architecte met en oeuvre dans ce bâtiment à quatre niveaux le système de construction poteaux-poutres en béton armé et apporte un soin particulier aux nuisances générées par le travail (bruit, vibration, poussières). Outre le jardin privé comprenant piscine et court de tennis, Perret a également dessiné les éléments de décor intérieur. Désaffectée depuis sa fermeture en 1994, l’usine Dodane demeure, par sa grande homogénéité architecturale, un témoignage essentiel de l’activité horlogère bisontine.

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It was in 1939 that watchmaker Raymond Dodane entrusted Auguste Perret with the construction of a watch factory. Completed in 1943, it brought together in a single L-shaped building production functions, administrative functions and owner's residence. The architect implemented in this four-level building the reinforced concrete post-and-beam construction system and paid particular attention to the nuisances generated by work (noise, vibration, dust). Besides the private garden comprising swimming pool and tennis court, Perret also designed the interior decoration elements. Abandoned since its closure in 1994, the Dodane factory remains, by its great architectural homogeneity, an essential testimony to the horological activity of Besançon.

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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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