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Halle aux poissons

Coutances, Manche, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et les toitures (cad. AI 193) : inscription par arrêté du 20 septembre 2010
Protection dates
2010/09/20 : inscrit MH
Type
halle
Main period of construction
3e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1951
Architect or builder
Arretche Louis (architecte), Karasinski Roman (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place de la Poissonnerie
Commune
Coutances
Département
Manche
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
49.04654, -1.44446
Mérimée reference
PA50000071

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1773 map "2me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Normandie." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'ancienne poissonnerie datait de 1896. En grande partie détruite par les bombes incendiaires de la dernière guerre, elle fut reconstruite dans le contexte du remembrement du quartier. Le dessin de la nouvelle poissonnerie est l'oeuvre de Roman Karasinski, collaborateur de l'architecte reconstructeur de Coutances, Louis Arretche. Rebâti en 1951, l'édifice est recouvert d'un voile mince en béton, de forme légèrement ovoïde. La poissonnerie s'affirme comme représentative de ce type de construction d'après-guerre.

English translation

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The former fishmarket dated from 1896. Largely destroyed by the incendiary bombs of the last war, it was rebuilt in the context of redevelopment of the neighbourhood. The design of the new fishmarket is the work of Roman Karasinski, collaborator of the reconstructing architect of Coutances, Louis Arretche. Rebuilt in 1951, the building is covered with a thin concrete shell, of slightly ovoid form. The fishmarket stands out as representative of this type of post-war construction.

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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