Tobacco Manufactory (Issy-les-Moulineaux)

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Former tobacco factory in Issy-les-Moulineaux
Former tobacco factory in Issy-les-Moulineaux

The former tobacco factory in Issy-les-Moulineaux , a town in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the French region of Île-de-France , was built between 1900 and 1904 and was in operation until 1978. In 1984 the building complex was added to the list of French architectural monuments as Monument historique . Today apartments, offices and a restaurant have been set up there.

history

The tobacco factory is reflected in the glass facade of the new building on Rue Maurice-Hartmann

In 1900 the management of the state tobacco manufacturers decided to relocate their Paris production facility, which was located in the Gros-Caillou district in the 7th arrondissement , outside the city. The old factory buildings between Quai d'Orsay and Rue Surcouf were demolished in 1909. In its place, the SEITA (Société nationale d'exploitation industrial des tabacs et allumettes) established its headquarters. From 1979 to 2000, the Musée-Galerie de la Seita on the history of tobacco was located on Rue Surcouf .

In the suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, bordering the city of Paris to the south, a plot of land was acquired for the construction of the factory buildings, on which the new tobacco factory was built under the direction of the engineer Paul Berdin. The plans came from Eugène Rolland (1812-1885), who under Napoleon III. had been appointed director of the state-owned factories and who had already developed a uniform concept for the construction of the production facilities owned by the French state in the mid-19th century. The tobacco factories of Strasbourg (1848–1851) and Nantes (1861–1865) were built according to this scheme .

The tobacco factory in Issy-les-Moulineaux opened in 1903. With new machines, production increased to 500 cigarettes per minute. In 1905 the factory premises were enlarged and a day nursery was set up. The tobacco factory initially had over 1200 employees, two thirds of whom were women. In the 1920s, production decreased by half. In 1930 more buildings were built. In 1936 the factory only had 533 employees, over 300 of whom were women. During the Second World War two buildings were destroyed by bombs, which were rebuilt in 1954. In the last few years of its existence, Issy-les-Moulineaux mainly produced cigarettes of the Boyards, Marigny and Gitanes brands . In 1978 production was stopped. Occasionally the vacant factory served as a film set. In 1987 the tobacco factory was converted into apartments and offices. The former factory buildings on Rue Maurice-Hartmann and a residential building on Rue Michelet were demolished and a new building was built in their place.

architecture

Monogram MT

The entire building complex extends over an area of ​​16,248 square meters. It is laid out at right angles and was originally surrounded by high walls. Two smaller pavilions flank the main entrance on Rue Ernest Renan. The former management building has two floors and is made of natural stone. The narrow, three-story factory buildings are made of brick , only the corners and window frames are set off with natural stone. The individual buildings are isolated to prevent fires from spreading. Some of them are connected by galleries on the first and second floors. In the middle of the second inner courtyard, behind the central building with its bell tower and clock, there is a brick fireplace, the base of which is decorated with arcades . The cast-iron monograms MT on the facades of the former factory buildings remind of their original use.

literature

  • Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos (ed.): Le Guide du Patrimoine. Ile-de-France . Hachette, 2nd edition, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-01-016811-9 , pp. 340-341.
  • Georges Poisson (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments d'Île de France. Éditions Hervas, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84334-002-0 , p. 406.

Web links

Commons : Tobacco Manufactory (Issy-les-Moulineaux)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/bitstream/handle/2042/33289/ANM_1954_1955_LV.pdf?sequence=1 Speech on the occasion of the inauguration of a plaque for Eugène Rolland on March 30, 1955 (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 41 ″  N , 2 ° 16 ′ 59 ″  E