In 2026 > Céline NOTHEAUX
The parish of Labergement Sainte Marie obtained the right to build its first church in 1662, but it was only a vicarage church and remained a modest building. The parish church was built in 1702 under the patronage of Saint Théodule. It was completely destroyed by fire in 1825. Construction of a new church began in 1847 with the building of a stone bell tower. Reconstruction work was undertaken in 1850 and 1870, and various maintenance, upgrades, and technical improvements were carried out in the 20th and 21st centuries. Located on the edge of the cemetery, it is a rectangular building consisting of a bell tower-porch opening onto a four-bay nave with no windows, flanked by side aisles, preceding a chancel bay and the chancel. There is no true transept, but the crossing is marked by a dome. The entire structure is covered by rib vaults separated by transverse arches and lit by tall stained-glass windows with narrative or geometric decoration set into the walls of the side aisles. Very tall pillars separate the nave from the side aisles. There is no altarpiece in the chancel: only the presence of choir stall elements (probably from the original church) and two statues, one of which is of Saint Peter, can be noted. There are also no altarpieces in the side aisles, where, respectively, a statue of the Virgin Mary beneath a painting (the Donation of the Rosary) and a statue of Saint Joseph, also beneath a painting, are displayed. Sculptures, typical of 19th-century Sulpician art, are grouped at the back of the side aisles, either high up or around the baptismal font (surmounted by a painting depicting the Baptism of Christ). Outside, the transept (although almost non-existent inside) is marked by a slight overhang of the walls and by a gable roof independent of the two sides of the nave; the bell tower is covered by an imperial roof.
GPS : 46,739577 / 6,230343