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Ancienne taillanderie

Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne, Doubs, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Ancienne taillanderie, avec ses installations mécaniques (cad. B 23, 25 à 28, 31) : classement par arrêté du 16 novembre 1984
Protection dates
1984/11/16 : classé MH
Type
usine de taillanderie
Main period of construction
19e siècle
Dates
1828
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne
Département
Doubs
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
46.97080, 5.99583
Mérimée reference
PA00101695

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1762 map "146 Besancon." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Fondée en 1828 par la famille Lagrange, ce n’est qu’à partir de 1865, sous les Philibert, que la taillanderie se développe en se spécialisant dans la fabrication de faux. Qualifié de ferme-atelier, cet établissement situé à l’écart du village développe un mode de vie communautaire : ouvriers et apprentis vivaient sur place. Il profite au mieux de son insertion dans le milieu naturel en assurant une parfaite maîtrise de l’énergie hydraulique : éclairage des ateliers et mise en mouvement des machines, tels martinets, scies, meule et soufflerie. L’atelier occupe une vingtaine d’ouvriers vers 1900, mais la production de faux décline après la première guerre et entraîne la fermeture en 1969. Ayant conservé toutes ses installations techniques (martinets, fours, soufflerie, moteurs) , la taillanderie est ouverte à la visite et permet une parfaite compréhension d’un petit établissement métallurgique rural du 19e siècle.

English translation

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Founded in 1828 by the Lagrange family, it was only from 1865 onwards, under the Philiberts, that the tool-making workshop developed by specialising in the manufacture of scythes. Qualified as a farm-workshop, this establishment situated apart from the village developed a communal way of life: workers and apprentices lived on the premises. It took full advantage of its insertion in the natural environment by ensuring perfect control of hydraulic power: lighting of the workshops and setting in motion of machines, such as trip hammers, saws, millstones and bellows. The workshop employed around twenty workers around 1900, but scythe production declined after the First World War and led to closure in 1969. Having preserved all its technical installations (trip hammers, furnaces, bellows, motors), the tool-making workshop is open to visitors and allows a perfect understanding of a small rural metallurgical establishment of the 19th century.

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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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