La Briqueterie
route du canal - D974
71420 CIRY-LE-NOBLE
Tel / fax : +33 (0)3 85 79 18 98
Opening times
June to September :
Tuesday to Sunday : 2 to 7 p.m.
Off season : group visits on appointment
Ticket information
Regular tickets : € 2.50 : guided tour, self guided temporary exhibition.
Students, children (12-18) : € 2
Under 12’s, financially aid recipients and job-seekers : free admission
Groups : € 2/adult
Educational groups : € 1.50 per child.
Factory and heritage site
Walk around a former production site and discover industrial work in ceramics making (end of XIXth and early XXth centuries)
Discover the production process of the « iron black brick », a key-product of the Vairey-Baudot ceramics factory in Ciry-le-Noble. In the midst of a pleasant country setting by La Bourbince river, the visit illustrates several stages : supply and storage facilities of raw materials, move to the huge producing department with its in situ production equipment, types of energy used, means of transportation, a series of furnaces. Complete the visit by watching hand brick casting.