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Stade Le Corbusier

Firminy, Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Le stade avec ses tribunes et son auvent couvrant la tribune (cad. AO 31, 87, 123 ; non cadastré, domaine public) : classement par arrêté du 8 octobre 1984
Protection dates
1984/10/08 : classé MH
Type
stade
Main period of construction
3e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1966
Architect or builder
Jeanneret Charles-Edouard, dit, Le Corbusier (architecte), Wogenscky André (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Firminy
Département
Loire
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.38329, 4.28782
Mérimée reference
PA00117490

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "88 St.-Etienne, St.-Marcellin." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Indissociable du site de la Maison de la Culture, le stade est étudié par Le Corbusier à partir de 1955 dans le cadre du projet Firminy-vert, réalisé à l'instigation d'Eugène Claudius-Petit, maire de la ville et président de l'Office municipal des HLM. Le stade est construit de 1966 à 1968 par l'architecte André Wogenscky, associé de Le Corbusier. La contrainte particulière du site (une ancienne carrière de pierres) explique le plan en cuvette allongée taillée dans le roc. La tribune d'honneur de 4 000 places est couverte d'un auvent en béton armé.

English translation

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Inseparable from the Maison de la Culture site, the stadium was studied by Le Corbusier from 1955 as part of the Firminy-vert project, undertaken at the instigation of Eugène Claudius-Petit, mayor of the city and president of the municipal public housing office. The stadium was constructed from 1966 to 1968 by architect André Wogenscky, associate of Le Corbusier. The particular constraint of the site (a former stone quarry) explains the elongated basin-shaped plan cut into the rock. The grandstand with 4,000 seats is covered by a reinforced concrete canopy.

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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