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School group Jean-Jaurès and town hall annex of Canon à Mézidon-Canon dans le Calvados

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Patrimoine urbain
École
Calvados

School group Jean-Jaurès and town hall annex of Canon

    215 avenue Jean-Jaurès
    14270 Mézidon Vallée d'Auge
Ownership of the municipality
Groupe scolaire Jean-Jaurès et mairie annexe de Canon
Groupe scolaire Jean-Jaurès et mairie annexe de Canon
Groupe scolaire Jean-Jaurès et mairie annexe de Canon
Crédit photo : Roi.dagobert - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1923
Construction school for boys
1929
Launch of the municipal project
18 février 1931
Adoption of the draft in council
1932
Completion of buildings
5 juillet 2010
Registration of historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The facades and roofs of the school group (including the former function housing and the gate) and the town hall annex with the entrance hall and the staircase with its cage (cad. public domain 449, not cadastre, located on the public domain at the right of Parcel 449 - 215, avenue Jean-Jaurès; C 461 to 463 - 211, avenue Jean-Jaurès): registration by order of 5 July 2010

Key figures

H. Lefebvre - Mayor of Canon Initiator of the municipal project.
Frères Wilkin - Architects Designers of Art Deco buildings.
Entreprise Laugeois - Principal constructor General work.
Entreprise Chatelain - Heating/sanitary specialist Technical installations of buildings.

Origin and history

The Jean-Jaurès school group and the annex town hall of Canon were built in the 1930s to meet the needs of a growing community. In 1929, the radical-socialist municipality led by Mayor H. Lefebvre considered an ambitious project: to bring together a girls' school (a boys' school built in 1923), a town hall and baths on a plot close to the railway tracks. This project reflected the social and educational priorities of the time, driven by committed local governance.

The brothers Wilkin, architects based in Colombelles, designed two Art Deco buildings with cubic shapes and polychrome facades, mixing concrete and stone. Their proposal was adopted by municipal council on 18 February 1931, and the work was entrusted to Laugeois, with the exception of the heating and sanitary facilities, carried out by Chatelain. The architectural complex, completed in 1932, is distinguished by its modern and functional style, typical of the public facilities of the 1930s.

The school group, originally dedicated to the teaching of girls, is organized around a large courtyard accessible by a column portal. The classrooms occupy the main building, while the teachers' houses, now transformed into social housing, border the wings. The adjacent town hall has a geometric frieze and floral motifs, characteristic of Art Deco. These buildings, registered as historical monuments by order of 5 July 2010, testify to the architectural innovation and the municipal commitment of the inter-war period.

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