Pas-de-Calais: this Art-deco swimming pool is a true architectural gem

It is a real institution in the Pas-de-Calais and we quickly understand why! The city of Bruay-la-Buissière is home to one of the most unusual swimming pools in France. It is the Art Deco swimming pool Roger-Salengro. We present to you this place registered since 1997 as a historical monument.

The Art-deco swimming pool of Bruay, an emblematic place in the region

The Stade-Parc and the Art Deco swimming pool of Bruay-La-Buissière are an Art Deco complex “remarkable and unique in France”underlines the tourist office of Béthune-Bruay. To understand its history, you must first know what “Art Deco” means.

It is a style that has existed since the 1920s. Its characteristics are as follows: “A profusion of decorations where floral motifs dominate, and also zigzag patterns, waves, the sun and fruit baskets”, is- He specifies.

The Bruyaisian swimming pool is a “large, immobile transatlantic liner” made up ofa paddling pool, 2 pools, 2 solariums and 2 diving boards. It measures 70 meters long and 50 meters wide.

This emblematic place in the region welcomes many swimmers every summer but also fashion brands and their models. Founded in 1936, the Art-deco swimming pool is named after Roger Salengroformer Minister of the Interior and MP from the North.

It is closely linked to politics because its construction was decided by the former mayor of the city, Henri Cadot, who wanted to offer some respite to the inhabitants who worked in the mine. Its last renovation dates back to 1997, the year the swimming pool was registered as a historic monument.

Other similar swimming pools exist in France but they are increasingly rare. We think in particular of its neighbor in Roubaix, which has become the La Piscine museum.

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