Stade du Moulin, Rugby league stadium in Lézignan-Corbières, France
Stade du Moulin is the municipal rugby league ground of Lézignan-Corbières, home of FC Lézignan XIII. Its pitch is surrounded by a concrete main stand rebuilt in 1945 by Aimé Chordi, after wooden stands, plus an enclosure wall and balustrade. Official capacity is 6,000, of which 1,000 places are seated.
In 1919 Gustave Gayraud, president of FC Lézignan, raised funds from the townspeople through shares to buy a vineyard plot at a spot called le Moulin from the Comte de Kerouartz, owner of the château de Gaujac. The stadium was inaugurated in October 1919 with a match against Stade Toulousain, and the first dressing rooms were boards put up by supporters. Floods damaged the ground in 1999 and it was renovated in 2000; a fire destroyed the stands on the night of 7–8 July 2018.
The ground is named after two mills that stood on the land: the ruined windmill is still visible, and a watermill once stood behind the current stand. Local supporters built the first wooden changing rooms themselves, and the club's trainer Jean Sébédio, known as "the Sultan", reportedly hung a skeleton with a whistle in the dressing room to unsettle visiting referees.
The stadium sits on Boulevard Claude Bernard and is easily accessible from the town center. Covered seating is available for about 1000 spectators, which offers protection during rain or sun.
Behind the main stand sits a functioning watermill that has operated for decades. The grounds also display the ruins of an old windmill, remnants of the site's earlier use as an agricultural area.
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