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The town hall of Noroy-le-Bourg is a multipurpose building built between 1862 and 1865 to house the town hall, a school, a asylum room and the justice of peace of the cantonal capital. Designed by architect Jean-Baptiste Colard, it adopts a U-shaped plan with a central forebody surmounted by a triangular pediment made of cut stone. Inside, woodwork, stone fireplaces and the courtroom of the court, with its platform, are kept in their original state.

The monument, located on the Grande Rue de Noroy-le-Bourg, illustrates the civil architecture of the 3rd quarter of the 19th century. Its gigantic oculus pediment and its period interior carpentry testify to a desire for monumentality for a rural public building. The building, owned by the commune, was listed as a historic monument on 1 August 2005 for its outstanding heritage value and conservation status.

This project reflects the administrative and educational reforms of the period, centralizing essential services in the same place. The justice of peace, a local institution created after the Revolution, borders the school and the town hall, symbolizing the Republican anchoring in rural territories. The materials used, such as cutting stone, and architectural details underline the importance attached to these buildings in the structure of the villages in the 19th century.

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