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Forges Mondière

Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Les forges en totalité, y compris les aménagements intérieurs avec les machines de fabrication et les turbines hydrauliques (cad. AT 40) : inscription par arrêté du 14 juin 2002
Protection dates
2002/06/14 : inscrit MH
Type
grosse forge, coutellerie
Main period of construction
1er quart 20e siècle
Dates
1901
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Thiers
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.85053, 3.54983
Mérimée reference
PA63000058

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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

Fondée au début du 20e siècle, la société s'installe dans les locaux d'une ancienne scierie. Le bâtiment subit peu de transformations. Jusqu'au milieu des années 1980, date de la cessation d'activité, y sont fabriquées des lames de couteau droit par estampage. Ayant conservé son matériel, l'usine est intéressante comme témoin de l'histoire des techniques (machines, outillage, produits finis et semi-finis, matières premières...).

English translation

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Founded at the beginning of the 20th century, the company installed itself in the premises of an old sawmill. The building underwent few transformations. Until the mid-1980s, when activity ceased, straight-blade knives were manufactured there by stamping. Having retained its equipment, the factory is interesting as a testimony to the history of techniques (machines, tools, finished and semi-finished products, raw materials...).

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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