Discover the beauty of Livarot
Home to its epynomous cheese, Le Livarot, an authentically French rural experience awaits you here.
Livarot : City discovery tour
An important market town since the 16th century in the heart of a livestock country, Livarot saw a turning point in the agro-industrial sector in the second half of the 19th century, specializing in dairy, cheese and cider farming activities. Thanks to the railroad, the deliveries, the bishop-bridge and the camembert are not a few hours from Paris!This course, which begins and ends at the Tourist Office, includes three cheesemakers, one of which is still active. Then you will discover an old factory of cheese boxes and its steam engine, exceptional symbol of the Industrial Revolution
Introduction
Major market town since the 16th century situated in the heart of a breeding country, Livarot experienced an agro-industrial turn in the second half of the 19th century, specializing in dairy, cheese and cider farming activities. Thanks to the railway, Livarot, Pont-L'Eveque and Camembert cheeses ar
The Bisson cheese factory
In 1902, Georges Bisson (1874-1938) acquired some land in Livarot in order to create a stopping place for milk rounds. He transferred the operation to Livarot in 1910, setting up a factory for the industrial production of camembert. This building is one of the drying rooms in which the cheeses were
The Isle Manor House
In 1911, the cheese manufacturer Georges Bisson, married to Marguerite Fromage, added a building by the architect Victor Adeline to the house, a sign of prosperity. The "Manoir de l'Isle" owes its name to the river Vie. The entrance gates bear the entwined initials of the couple. The outbuildings bu
The Leroy Factory
In 1901, Georges Leroy (1862-1936) began manufacturing cheese boxes made from poplar. The factory functioned until 1988. There were three elements : a dryer for the wood chips, a streamer and the boiler room. The dryer was converted into a health centre in 2015 and the boiler room into a library in
The station
The station was inaugurated in 1881. The railway line linked Sainte-Gauburge (Orne) to Mesnil-Mauger (Calvados). Logs vers unloaded from the wagons ans transported to the timber yard. Apples were also transported to feed the cidery. Every day, the cheese producers would bring their deliveries of che
The cidery
In 1919, Georges Leroy created "La Grande Cidrerie du Calvados", a hygienic brewery-distillery. In 2008, "La Fermière" abandoned the production of calvados. Today, the cidery produces "The Ecusson" range of cider, to which belongs the "Cidre Rosé" made out of delicious red apples.
Bricks in Livarot
At the end of the XVIIIth century, brick construction gradually replaced timber framing. At the beginning of the XXth century, the affluence of the cheese producers enable them to construct elegant brick manor houses, such as the Jourdain-Debret cheese factory.
The worker's city
At the end of 1907, the society for affordable accomodation was created under the presidency of Marcel Gambier (1869-1917). The construction of these houses for workers was in part financed by the industrialist Georges Leroy to accomodate his staff.
Xavier de Maistre square
La Place Xavier de Maistre owes its name to a resistant fighter in the Second World War. Is was used for the cattle and pig market. The breeding of pigs had never been a speciality of the Pays d'Auge but it was normal in the farms and cheese factories because the pigs were fed with the whey from the
The Butter Hall
In 1865, this Halle au Beurre replaced the one on the rue d'Orbec. Milk, cream, eggs, seeds, bread, vegetables, cakes or even fruit trees were sold here. In 1944, the Germans installed a workshop there to repair their vehicules. Transformed into a community hall in 1954, it was completely renovated
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