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Alençon City Hall is a major civilian building built in 1783 by architect Jean Delarue on part of the former site of the Dukes' Castle of Alençon. This monument illustrates the urban planning of the 18th century in a city in the midst of an administrative and social transformation. The facade, representative of the classical style of the time, was recognized for its heritage value in 1926.

The campanile of the town hall houses three bells of distinct periods: a 15th-century Tocsin, and two more melted in 1744. This detail reveals the reuse of ancient elements in a modern construction, typical of the architectural practices of the Old Regime. The building, owned by the municipality, today embodies both municipal power and local historical memory.

Located right in the city centre, on the Place du Maréchal-Foch, the building is part of an urban fabric marked by the past presence of the Dukes of Alençon. Its partial inscription in the Historical Monuments (façade only) in 1926 underlines its heritage importance, while reflecting the criteria for the protection of the inter-war period, often focused on visible and emblematic elements.

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