Fountain Pré de la Cible - sports centre

The sports complex was completed in 1985 and has delighted all sports lovers - and there are many in Bex - but the main school building - which was raised by one floor in the 1980s - dates back to 1947. It is the result of an era of reconstruction and modernisation of the commune, led by the famous syndic Charles Sollberger, who later became a State Councillor and National Councillor.

Later, in the 1960s and 1970s, another figure made his mark: René-Albert Houriet, the director of the schools, of Bernese origin, a highly cultured man who was curious about everything. Even today, many former schoolchildren still talk about the famous picoulets at every school festival in June. The headmaster Houriet would climb the octagonal fountain in the middle of the school square and lead this sort of "duck dance" to the delight of the pupils and teachers.

With a bit of nostalgia, the older students even remember that on the edge of this octagonal fountain, there were small metal frogs that must have given the whole thing a proud look, but the frogs have disappeared, as has the fountain.

Times have changed. Today, the main building from 1947 has an essentially administrative function and the new school is located at Rue de la Servannaz.