InscritChâteau · protected 1970ChâteauPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Thierry de Villepin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château · Photo: Thierry de Villepin · CC BY-SA 3.01historic monument
History of Poncin · Monuments historiques
1 historic monument, none of them classé
Protection for Poncin’s monument dates from 1970. Its origins go back to the 13th century.
Monuments historiques
1
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
25%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Poncin’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Inscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
1 monuments by protection
1 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.
Inscrit
One inscrit monument in Poncin
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Age of homes
25% of homes in Poncin were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
25%
Before 1919
10%
1919–45
16%
1946–70
18%
1971–90
16%
1991–2005
15%
2006 on
PoncinMedian compared French town
25% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (25%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Poncin before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Charles-Aimé Bochard
Jean-Marie-Émile Thoubillon
François-Marie Firmin-Girard
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Charles-Aimé Bochard1760–1850 · French politician
JM
Jean-Marie-Émile Thoubillon1831–1892 · French architect
FM
François-Marie Firmin-Girard1838–1921 · French painter
Everyone born in Poncin Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Poncin
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poncin | 1,803 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Pont-d'Ain | 2,843 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Ambronay | 2,841 | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Ceyzériat | 3,328 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 15,934 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Montréal-la-Cluse | 3,568 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nantua | 3,416 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
In brief
Poncin in brief
More of Poncin’s homes are old than in most places: 25% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In all there are 1 historic monument. Charles-Aimé Bochard (1760), Jean-Marie-Émile Thoubillon (1831) and François-Marie Firmin-Girard (1838) were all born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: its only entry went on the list in 1970.
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 Poncin
How many historic monuments are there in Poncin?
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Poncin: 1 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Poncin?
25% 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 October 30, 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.