Cité des Coutures

La cité des Coutures est un ensemble de logement social de la ville de Limoges, située dans le département français de la Haute-Vienne.

1. Description

L'ensemble est l'œuvre de Roger Gonthier, architecte de la gare de Limoges-Bénédictins à proximité et à la même époque que celle-ci (1925-1932) alors que la ville est marquée par une forte activité industrielle aux XIXe et XXe siècles. La construction de la cité s'inscrit d'ailleurs dans une grande vague d'édification de logements sociaux à Limoges, qui s'étale sur toute la première moitié du XXe siècle, alors que l'industrie de la chaussure et de la porcelaine sont encore très puissantes. L'ensemble est à l'origine constitué de 540 logements, auxquels on ajoute des équipements collectifs, une cour intérieure et des commerces. Dans les années 1950, on construit 75 logements supplémentaires. Quartier très industriel, les Coutures accueillent dans leur cité une part importante d'employés de la chaussure - environ 15 % - mais aussi, proximité de la gare oblige, 4 à 5 % de cheminots.

1. Histoire

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la cité, par sa configuration fermée, est le siège d'un groupe de résistants (parmi lesquels la future épouse d'André Foussat, député de 1945 à 1956), dont plusieurs seront dénoncés. En juin 1940, une bombe est larguée sur les immeubles, faisant trois victimes. Une plaque rappelle le passé du quartier à travers la guerre, sur une façade. Classée quartier prioritaire dès 2015, la cité compte 1 892 habitants en 2018 pour un taux de pauvreté de 41 %

1. Notes et références


1. Bibliographie

J.-M. Ferrer & Ph. Grandcoing, Une histoire de Limoges, Limoges, Culture et patrimoine, 2003 P. Plas & C. Druelle-Korn, 150 ans d'avenir, Clermont-Ferrand, Un, deux... quatre éditions, 2009 Laurent Bourdelas, Histoire de Limoges, Geste Editions, 2014.

1. Voir aussi


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Limoges-Bénédictins station

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Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne (French: [ot vjɛn]; Occitan: Nauta Vinhana or Nauta Viena), also translated as Upper Vienne, is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture and largest city in the department is Limoges, the other towns in the department each having fewer than twenty thousand inhabitants. Haute-Vienne had a population of 372,359 in 2019.

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Limoges

Limoges ( lih-MOHZH, US also lee-, French: [limɔʒ] ; Occitan: Lemòtges, locally Limòtges [liˈmɔdzes]) is a city and commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated on the first western foothills of the Massif Central, Limoges is crossed by the river Vienne, of which it was originally the first ford crossing point. The second most populated town in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region after Bordeaux, a university town, an administrative centre and intermediate services with all the facilities of a regional metropolis, it has an urban area of 323,789 inhabitants in 2018. The inhabitants of the city are called the Limougeauds. Founded around 10 BC under the name of Augustoritum, it became an important Gallo-Roman city. During the Middle Ages Limoges became a large city, strongly marked by the cultural influence of the Abbey of Saint-Martial, where the Dukes of Aquitaine were invested and crowned. From the 12th century onwards, its enamels were exported throughout the Christian world. In 1765, during the industrial revolution, the discovery of a deposit of kaolin in the Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche region enabled the development of the Limoges porcelain industry. It is sometimes nicknamed "the red city" or "the Rome of socialism" because of its tradition of voting on the left and the workers' events it experienced from the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. Since the 1990s, the city has had a basketball club, Limoges CSP, which has won several French championships and the European championship in 1993. Because of its heritage policy, it has held the label "City of Art and History" since 2008. Economic activities include butchering, electrical equipment for the building industry, and luxury goods. It is home to porcelain houses and art workshops working with enamel or stained glass. This craft expertise led it to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2017 in the thematic category "Crafts and Popular Arts".

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Siege of Limoges

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1958 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

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