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Église du Sacré-Coeur

Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
L'église (cad. AN 431) : classement par arrêté du 25 novembre 1991
Protection dates
1991/11/25 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
2e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1937
Architect or builder
LAURENTIN Maurice (architecte), BORDEREAU Maurice-René (peintre-verrier), MAUMEJEAN Frères (peintre-verrier)
Ownership
propriété d'une association
Address
14 rue Marc-Sangnier
Commune
Cholet
Département
Maine-et-Loire
Region
Pays de la Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.06678, -0.88717
Mérimée reference
PA00109417

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1579 map "(28) Andegavensium." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Eglise construite de 1937 à 1941 par l'architecte choletais Maurice Laurentin. Témoignage du culte du Sacré-Coeur en pays choletais, c'est une construction monumentale élevée en béton armé avec un parement en granit, brique et tuile. Les vitraux sont réalisés par l'atelier Bordereau à Angers, sur un dessin de l'architecte. Les peintures murales et les mosaïques proviennent de l'atelier Mauméjean.

English translation

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Church built from 1937 to 1941 by the Cholet architect Maurice Laurentin. Testimony to the cult of the Sacred Heart in the Cholet region, it is a monumental construction erected in reinforced concrete with facings in granite, brick and tile. The stained glass windows are executed by the Bordereau workshop in Angers, after a design by the architect. The murals and mosaics come from the Mauméjean workshop.

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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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