ClasséMonument · protected 1840Ruines du temple romainPhoto: Antimuonium · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ruines du temple romain · Photo: Antimuonium · CC BY-SA 4.02historic monuments
History of Izernore · Monuments historiques
2 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Izernore: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Izernore’s first monument was protected in 1840.
Monuments historiques
2
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
Antiquity
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
9.2%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Izernore in pictures
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Izernore’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Classé
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
2 monuments by protection
1 Classé1 Inscrit
Classé is the higher protection: any work on the building needs the State’s permission. Work on an inscrit building must be declared to the State in advance. Around both, building work in sight of the monument (usually within 500 m) needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
Points as the ministry gives them: a monument spread over several plots has one point. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Classé
One classé monument in Izernore
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. Each card opens the monument’s page.
Inscrit
One inscrit monument in Izernore
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1926ÉglisePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Jejecam · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Izernore
In brief
Izernore in brief
The record in Izernore starts with Ruines du temple romain, which dates from Antiquity. All told, the list holds 2 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Ruines du temple romain. The rest is about typical: Marcel Orfidan (1897) was born here before 1900; the list grew between 1840 and 1926; and 9.2% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Monuments historiques. France protects buildings at two levels. Classé, the higher (about a third of the list), means any work needs the State’s permission; inscrit means work must be declared to the State in advance. The Culture ministry’s Mérimée base lists every protected building, and this page counts them.
- Partly protected. Many entries protect part of a building only (its façades and roofs, a staircase, a painted room). Each counts as one monument, like a fully protected one.
- Where a monument is counted. In the commune named on its protection, moved to today’s commune where communes have since merged. A monument listed for several communes counts in each.
- Sites patrimoniaux remarquables. Since 2016 France’s protected historic areas (the former secteurs sauvegardés, ZPPAUP and AVAP) share one name. Inside one, building work follows the area’s plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
- What isn’t here. Protected objects (furniture, organs, paintings), old buildings with no protection, UNESCO World Heritage listings and labels such as “Plus Beaux Villages de France” aren’t on this list, so this page doesn’t count them.
- No History Grade yet. Everything on this page is described, not graded: France’s History Grade isn’t built yet.
Questions about the history of Izernore
How many historic monuments are there in Izernore?
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Izernore: 1 classé and 1 inscrit.
Which monuments in Izernore are classé?
One: Ruines du temple romain.
How old are the homes in Izernore?
9.2% of its main homes were built before 1919 (median compared French town: 7.4%).
France has no History Grade yet: this page describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Ministère de la Culture, sites patrimoniaux remarquables, October 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (main homes by build period) · Wikidata and Wikipedia (people born here) · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.