L'Atelier de l'eau

  • Interpretation Centre
Elevation : 293m
18 rue de la Paix, 73160 Cognin
Explore the "factory canal" and the wonderful ingenuity people have used to transform water into a source of energy. Then plunge into the heart of the water cycle and its different uses. Visit an old vegetable oil mill. Video projection room.
Cognin has know a rich industrial past, organised around the "Canal des Usines" drifted from the "Hyères". This canal, today preserved and promoted is still the witness of a thriving activity, base on the utilisation of water as motive force. To give all its sense to this canal save, the town has rehabilitated the "filiature Thomas", who preserve a bucket wheel in "Water Workshop".

Outside, a "water fountain" reproduce in miniature the "Canal des Usines" which was going through the...

Services

Animals accepted
  • Accessibility
  • Mental disability

  • Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance

  • Incline >5% but reasonable

  • Activities
  • Discovery

  • Water

  • Creative hobbies

  • Equipment
  • Toilets

  • Services
  • Pets welcome

Quality standards
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Tourism and handicap
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Rates

From 1 January 2025 to 2 November 2025
Adult
4.30€

Child
2.80€

Group adults
3.50€

Group children
2.20€

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Openings

Each saturday from 2 February 2025 until 20 April 2025
Each saturday from 22 April 2025 until 30 April 2025
Each saturday from 2 May 2025 until 7 May 2025
Each saturday from 9 May 2025 until 28 May 2025
Each saturday from 30 May 2025 until 8 June 2025
Each saturday from 10 June 2025 until 13 July 2025
Each saturday from 15 July 2025 until 14 August 2025
Each saturday from 16 August 2025 until 31 October 2025
On 2 November 2025

Location

L'Atelier de l'eau
Elevation : 293m
18 rue de la Paix, 73160 Cognin
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  • French
Environment
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  • Close to a public transportation
Access
  • Close to bus lines D and 16 (stop "Cognin Centre"). More information on synchro.grandchambery.fr.
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