Electrical charging station comprising: - a first socket intended to be supplied with power by the mains grid and to deliver electrical power to an electric vehicle; - a casing intended to be fastened to the ground or to a wall; - a holder in or into which the first socket is fastened or integrated, said holder being movable with respect to the casing, about an axis X, between a protected position and an exposed position, in which positions access to the first socket, from outside the casing, is prevented and permitted, respectively; - means for driving the holder between the protected and exposed positions; - a control module for controlling the driving means; station wherein the casing comprises an aperture that is blocked in the protected position and that defines an access to the first socket in the exposed position, the holder being shaped so as to block the aperture in the exposed position, the holder being arranged so as to block the aperture whatever the angular position of the holder, about the axis X, with respect to the casing, station wherein at least one operational unit different from the first socket is fastened to the holder, the holder being movable between - the protected position, - the exposed position, and at least one operational position, different from the exposed position, in which access, via the aperture, to said at least one operational unit is possible, the operational unit being chosen from an image-acquiring apparatus, a bicycle or motorcycle anti-theft device, a second socket suitable for delivering an electrical current different from the first socket, a compartment, a safe, a keyboard, a screen, and a communication terminal equipped with an antenna. - a first socket intended to be supplied with power by the mains grid and to deliver electrical power to an electric vehicle; - a casing intended to be fastened to the ground or to a wall; - a holder in or into which the first socket is fastened or integrated, said holder being movable with respect to the casing, about an axis X, between a protected position and an exposed position, in which positions access to the first socket, from outside the casing, is prevented and permitted, respectively; - means for driving the holder between the protected and exposed positions; - a control module for controlling the driving means; station wherein the casing comprises an aperture that is blocked in the protected position and that defines an access to the first socket in the exposed position, the holder being shaped so as to block the aperture in the exposed position, the holder being arranged so as to block the aperture whatever the angular position of the holder, about the axis X, with respect to the casing, station wherein at least one operational unit different from the first socket is fastened to the holder, the holder being movable between - the protected position, - the exposed position, and at least one operational position, different from the exposed position, in which access, via the aperture, to said at least one operational unit is possible, the operational unit being chosen from an image-acquiring apparatus, a bicycle or motorcycle anti-theft device, a second socket suitable for delivering an electrical current different from the first socket, a compartment, a safe, a keyboard, a screen, and a communication terminal equipped with an antenna. station wherein the casing comprises an aperture that is blocked in the protected position and that defines an access to the first socket in the exposed position, the holder being shaped so as to block the aperture in the exposed position, the holder being arranged so as to block the aperture whatever the angular position of the holder, about the axis X, with respect to the casing, station wherein at least one operational unit different from the first socket is fastened to the holder, the holder being movable between - the protected position, - the exposed position, and - the protected position, - the exposed position, and at least one operational position, different from the exposed position, in which access, via the aperture, to said at least one operational unit is possible, the operational unit being chosen from an image-acquiring apparatus, a bicycle or motorcycle anti-theft device, a second socket suitable for delivering an electrical current different from the first socket, a compartment, a safe, a keyboard, a screen, and a communication terminal equipped with an antenna.