Town Hall

The Town Hall, in Roanne

The Town Hall of Roanne is one of the most beautiful buildings of the town, completed in 1874 in a nineteenth-century style. The Roanne audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this elegant building, seat of the municipal life, built on the site of a former convent.

The elegant seat of the town hall

The Town Hall of Roanne is one of the most beautiful buildings of the town. It was built on the site of a former convent that was there and that already served as town hall. Completed in 1874, it proudly displays a style typical of the official architecture of the nineteenth century, elegant and careful, with its orderly façade, its ornaments, its sculptures and its majestic appearance, in the image of the prosperity of Roanne at this time. The town then knew an important rise, carried by the textile industry and the river trade on the Loire, and endowed itself with equipment and public buildings worthy of its rank. The town hall, seat of the municipal administration, is the heart of the political and civic life of the town, where the life of the community is expressed. It dominates the Town Hall Square, a central and lively space that hosts throughout the year markets, festivities and events, including the Christmas market. A fine building of the heritage, it testifies to the history and the identity of Roanne. A beautiful building and a heart of the town, the Town Hall is a fine stop of the discovery of Roanne.

What to see

You admire one of the most beautiful buildings of Roanne, completed in 1874 on the site of a former convent that already served as town hall, with the elegant style of the official architecture of the nineteenth century with its orderly façade and its ornaments, in the image of the prosperity of the town carried by the textile and the Loire; it dominates the Town Hall Square, animated by the markets and festivities. The Town Hall is a heart of Roanne. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Town Hall lies on the Town Hall Square, in the heart of Roanne, reachable on foot. You admire its façade from the square; it is an official building whose interior access follows its own conditions. The square is lively and hosts markets and events. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

When was the Town Hall of Roanne built?

It was completed in 1874, on the site of a former convent that already served as town hall; one of the most beautiful buildings of the town, it displays a style typical of the official architecture of the nineteenth century, in the image of the prosperity of Roanne carried then by the textile industry and the river trade on the Loire.

Where is the Town Hall in Roanne?

On the Town Hall Square, in the heart of Roanne, in France.