Champigny-en-Beauce

Built in the last third of the 19th century, the Cité Agricole de Champigny is neither the fruit of chance nor of a simple idea: it is the concrete expression of a policy born of the specific ideologies of the century. To better understand this, we need to go back to the context of the time.

Champigny was a rural town, with no industry. The economy was based on agriculture, which generated a large number of trades (farmers, craftsmen, seasonal workers). In 1851, the commune had around 700...