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Hôtel de Balay

Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures du corps de logis et du bâtiment des communs ; bureau du directeur au rez-de-chaussée de l'aile en retour sur l'angle sud-est du corps de logis (cad. AB 192) : inscription par arrêté du 1er juillet 1996
Protection dates
1996/07/01 : inscrit MH partiellement
Type
hôtel
Main period of construction
1er quart 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
7 rue des Cordeliers
Commune
Lons-le-Saunier
Département
Jura
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
46.67437, 5.55537
Mérimée reference
PA39000002

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1682 map "Utriusque Burgundiae, tum Ducatus tum Comitatus, Descriptio." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Entre 1718 et 1724, le marquis de Balay fait construire un vaste hôtel particulier sur un terrain acquis des Cordeliers. Après la Révolution, l'hôtel sert à diverses administrations et à l'armée avant d'être converti en école publique.

English translation

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Between 1718 and 1724, the marquis de Balay has built a vast hôtel particulier on land acquired from the Cordeliers. After the Revolution, the hôtel serves various administrations and the army before being converted into a public school.

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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