This Unique Swimming Pool in Pas-De-Calais Is the Favorite Monument of the French: "It Is a Collective Pride"

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The 2026 edition of Stéphane Bern's show "Le Monument favoreur des Français", Wednesday night on France 3, gave rise to an unexpected result. An Art Deco pool in Pas-de-Calais won the victory.

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The Roger Salengro pool in Bruay-la-Buissière (Pas-de-Calais) was elected "Monument favoreur des Français". Several elected representatives expressed their pride on social networks.

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Built in 1936 in the heart of the Pas-de-Calais mining basin, this swimming pool symbolizes the period of the Popular Front and the beginning of paid holidays.

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The "Monument favorite des Français" 2026 is in Pas-de-Calais! It is the art deco pool Roger Salengro in Bruay-la-Buissière that was elected this Wednesday evening, during the show presented by Stéphane Bern, and broadcast on France 3 and france.tv in partnership with ICI.