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Ancienne cartoucherie (ancienne usine textile)

Bourg-lès-Valence, Drôme, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Le bâtiment principal et la cheminée d'usine, l'entrepôt de 1902, la poudrière de 1878, la gare, ainsi que le bassin avec ses annexes et canalisations (cad. B 2587) : inscription par arrêté du 5 février 2003
Protection dates
2003/02/05 : inscrit MH
Type
usine textile, usine de produits explosifs
Main period of construction
2e moitié 19e siècle, 1er quart 20e siècle
Dates
1855
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
Quartier de Chony
Commune
Bourg-lès-Valence
Département
Drôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.94378, 4.90074
Mérimée reference
PA26000011

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cartoucherie implantée en 1874 dans les bâtiments d'une ancienne usine textile créée en 1855. L'usine est agrandie avec ateliers, bureaux d'études, poudrières, entrepôts, gare à la fin du 19e siècle. L'ensemble comprend : le bâtiment principal de 1855 sur lequel se profile l'ancienne cheminée d'usine, les éléments principaux de la cartoucherie, les anciennes poudrières, la gare militaire et ses installations hydrauliques.

English translation

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Cartridge factory established in 1874 in the buildings of a former textile mill created in 1855. The mill is enlarged with workshops, design offices, powder magazines, warehouses, railway station at the end of the 19th century. The whole comprises: the principal building of 1855 over which stands out the old factory chimney, the principal elements of the cartridge factory, the old powder magazines, the military railway station and its hydraulic installations.

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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