Description
This park is entirely designed around the theme of maple trees (over 50 varieties). With its giant chessboard, ping-pong table and children's playground, it offers an original moment of relaxation.
Eugène Maître is from Lyon. After setting up a plant in the Arve Valley in 1913, he chose to establish a factory in Annemasse in 1919, on the Chemin des Tournelles. He built it in the railway station district, which was then the city's second industrial zone. Situated close to the railroads, PLM (Paris Lyon Méditerranée) and Chemin de Fer Economiques du Nord, the factory was originally called "La précision décolletage" and produced screws and bolts for industry, special parts for the automotive, aviation, marine, wireless, textile, optical, typewriter, injection pump and arms manufacturing markets. Daily production in 1937 was 300,000 parts, machined on 150 automatic lathes. The company also carries out machining inspections.
Before the war, there were periods of low employment. Around 200 redundancies were recorded in 1938, 70% of them in Annemasse. But Maître remained a major employer in the town. On September 1, 1939, the Annemasse employment office registered 476 job applications for the Maître factories, including 192 men and 284 women.
Rates
Free of charge.
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Openings
All year 2026 - Open everyday
Location
Plan interactif : 1 lieux répertoriés.
- Lieu sans nom
Environment
Environment
- Town location
- Less than 10 minutes from a bus stop on foot
- In centre of town
- Close to a public transportation
- Less than 10 min walk from a train station
Access
Access
- 1. By car
You can park along the road in a blue zone or in a paid parking spot. There’s a supermarket less than a 10-minute walk away where you can also park your car.
2. By public transportation
By train: Annemasse Station; continue along Avenue Florissant—less than a 10-minute walk
By bus: TAC network
Take bus line T2 or 5 to the “Parc Eugène Maître” stop
3. By bike: From the bike path coming from Geneva, head toward Place de la Gare, then take Avenue Florissant. The park will be on your right.