Creation of the physical education field années 1920 (≈ 1920)
Sports ground near railway tracks.
après 1945
Modernisation by Pierre Dufau
Modernisation by Pierre Dufau après 1945 (≈ 1945)
Welcome building and renovated ponds.
années 1980
Abandoned renovation project
Abandoned renovation project années 1980 (≈ 1980)
Refusal of co-financing by Amiens.
années 1990
Basin filling
Basin filling années 1990 (≈ 1990)
Permanent closure of the site.
13 février 2020
Registration for Historic Monuments
Registration for Historic Monuments 13 février 2020 (≈ 2020)
Protection of railway heritage.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The Léon Pille swimming pool known as "La Cheminote", facades and roofs, as well as the fence wall on Dejean Street, located at 281 Dejean Street, appearing in the cadastre section CW, parcel 54, as delimited on the plan annexed to the decree: inscription by order of 13 February 2020
Key figures
Pierre Dufau - Architect
Designer of the modern building (1945).
André Dufau - Collaborator (Pierre's brother)
Associated with the architectural project.
Origin and history
The Léon-Pille swimming pool, nicknamed "la Chemote", was built in the railway district of Amiens, near the station, to meet the sporting needs of SNCF employees and their families. In the 1920s, the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer du Nord set up a physical education site, completed after World War II with sports facilities (track, stadium, boulodrome) and an outdoor swimming pool with three pools, a diver and a solarium. This project was part of a desire to offer structured leisure activities to railway workers, in the context of the reconstruction and modernization of workers' towns.
In 1945, SNCF entrusted architect Pierre Dufau with the modernization of the site, including a welcoming building with changing rooms and showers, replacing the original wooden cabins. Dufau designed a sober and functional building, combining concrete, clean lines and optimized traffic, reflecting the economic constraints of the post-war period while embodying architectural modernity. Equipped with innovative filtering systems, the swimming pool combined hygiene, comfort and opening on the outside, becoming a symbol of the Second Amionois Reconstruction.
In the 1980s, a renovation project failed due to lack of funding shared with the city of Amiens. The basins were filled in the 1990s and the site, gradually degraded, was finally listed in the Historic Monuments on 13 February 2020. Today, private owners work for its preservation, stressing its heritage importance linked to the social and industrial history of the Hauts-de-France.
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