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Four solaire d'Odeillo

Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, Pyrénées-Orientales, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Le four solaire, à savoir les façades et toitures du bâtiment parabole et du bâtiment four, ainsi que le champ d'héliostats (cad. AV 37, 43 à 45, 49) : inscription par arrêté du 14 mai 2009
Protection dates
2009/05/14 : inscrit MH
Type
centrale solaire
Main period of construction
3e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1962
Architect or builder
Vicariot Henri (architecte)
Ownership
propriété d'un établissement public de l'État
Address
7 rue du Four-Solaire
Commune
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
42.49544, 2.02932
Mérimée reference
PA66000023

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

2 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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Témoignage de l'action du physicien Félix Trombe et de la recherche publique française dans le domaine de l'énergie solaire. Bâtiment parabole construit entre 1962 et 1967 par l'architecte Henri Vicariot.

English translation

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Testimony to the work of physicist Félix Trombe and French public research in the field of solar energy. Parabolic building constructed between 1962 and 1967 by architect Henri Vicariot.

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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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