ClasséTown gate · protected 1921Porte Saint-JeanPhoto: Zeugma fr (Antoine FLEURY-GOBERT) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Porte Saint-Jean · Photo: Zeugma fr (Antoine FLEURY-GOBERT) · CC BY-SA 3.014historic monuments
History of Château-Thierry · Monuments historiques
14 historic monuments, 5 classé
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up. Château-Thierry has 9.3 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 84% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest monuments in Château-Thierry date from the 13th century. We have photos of 13 of Château-Thierry’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
14
9.3 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
5
the highest protection
Inscrit
9
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
8.6%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Château-Thierry in 13 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Porte Saint-PierreClassé
Ruines de l'ancien château et la butte sur laquelle elles sont situéesClassé
Maison de Jean de la FontaineClassé
Église Saint-CrépinClassé
Ancien couvent des CapucinsInscrit+8See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Château-Thierry’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Ruines de l'ancien château et la butte sur laquelle elles sont situées
4 of 5classé monuments stand within 400 m of Ruines de l'ancien château et la butte sur laquelle elles sont situées, with 7 of the town’s 14 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
14 monuments by protection
5 Classé9 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.
Classé
5 classé monuments in Château-Thierry
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.
ClasséTown gate · protected 1886Porte Saint-PierrePhoto: Zeugma fr (Antoine FLEURY-GOBERT) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChâteau · protected 1932Ruines de l'ancien château et la butte sur laquelle elles sont situéesPhoto: Johann Dréo ( User:Nojhan ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChurch · protected 1957Église Saint-CrépinPhoto: Johann Dréo ( User:Nojhan ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1910Maison de Jean de la FontainePhoto: Arnout · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
9 inscrit monuments in Château-Thierry
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritTown walls · protected 1927Anciens rempartsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Zeugma fr (Antoine FLEURY-GOBERT) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritFortified house · protected 1926Tour BalhanPhoto: Zeugma fr (Antoine FLEURY-GOBERT) improved by Poke2001 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritConvent · protected 1988Ancien couvent des CapucinsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Zeugma fr (Antoine FLEURY-GOBERT) · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHospital · protected 2007Hôtel DieuPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Johann " nojhan " Dréo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown house · protected 1996Hôtel particulierPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown hall · protected 2005Hôtel de villePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Zeugma fr (Antoine FLEURY-GOBERT) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritWar memorial · protected 2018Monument américain de la cote 204Photo: Frediquessy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown house · protected 1943Hôtel, 68 rue Saint-MartinPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Pascal3012 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Temple · protected 2003Temple protestant dit église évangélique
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Château-Thierry
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes4
Religious buildings3
Military & fortified3
Public & civic2
Tombs & cemeteries1
Houses & homes: 4 of 14 monuments (29%). 3 are religious buildings, 1 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old
How old Château-Thierry’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.6
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution5
19th century 1801–19001
20th century and later since 19012
6 of 14 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Anciens remparts (13th c.).
Protected area
A protected historic area is on its way in Château-Thierry
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR32-01 | ZPPAUP September 26, 2005 | Still being drawn up |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
When protected
Château-Thierry’s list has grown since 1886
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
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First protected, in 1886: Porte Saint-Pierre. 1 has been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
11 people born in Château-Thierry before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean de La Fontaine
Adam Pierre Pinterel de Louverny
Jean-Baptiste Dumangin
Maurice André Gaillard
Antoine-François Lomet
Charles Labitte
Charles Lebrun-Renault
Maurice Holleaux
Louise Lara
Charles Schneider
Édouard Macquart
16001650170017501800185019001950
JL
Jean de La Fontaine1621–1695 · French poet, fabulist and writer
JB
Jean-Baptiste Dumangin1744–1826 · French physician
MH
Maurice Holleaux1861–1932 · French art historian, archaeologist and professor
AP
Adam Pierre Pinterel de Louverny1742–1810 · French politician
MA
Maurice André Gaillard1757–1844 · French politician
AF
Antoine-François Lomet1759–1826 · French engineer and soldier
CL
Charles Labitte1816–1845 · French historian
CL
Charles Lebrun-Renault1853–1921 · French military personnel
Everyone born in Château-Thierry Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Château-Thierry has the 7th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 14,700 to 15,600 residents, by historic monuments.
Château-Thierry14
#7 of 41for monuments per resident (9.3 per 10,000). Most per resident: Paris 1er, Dinan and Senlis.
The median town of these has 4. 5 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Château-Thierry
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Thierry | 15,097 | 14 | 5 | Yes |
| Essômes-sur-Marne | 2,691 | 3 | 2 | Yes |
| Charly-sur-Marne | 2,594 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dormans Marne | 2,890 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Fère-en-Tardenois | 2,836 | 4 | 3 | — |
| La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Seine-et-Marne | 10,254 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Montmirail Marne | 3,535 | 4 | 1 | — |
In brief
Château-Thierry in brief
Measured per resident, Château-Thierry has more historic monuments than 84% of compared French towns. In all there are 14 historic monuments, 5 of them classé, including Porte Saint-Jean. Ruines de l'ancien château et la butte sur laquelle elles sont situées sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. In 2018 the Mission Patrimoine picked Hôtel Dieu as a monument in danger to save.
Only 6 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 11 people born here before 1900, the best known include Jean de La Fontaine (1621), Jean-Baptiste Dumangin (1744) and Maurice Holleaux (1861). The oldest, Anciens remparts, dates from the 13th century. The rest is about typical: 8.6% 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 Château-Thierry
How many historic monuments are there in Château-Thierry?
The Culture ministry lists 14 historic monuments in Château-Thierry: 5 classé and 9 inscrit.
Which monuments in Château-Thierry are classé?
5, among them Porte Saint-Jean, Porte Saint-Pierre, Ruines de l'ancien château et la butte sur laquelle elles sont situées, Église Saint-Crépin and Maison de Jean de la Fontaine.
How old are the monuments of Château-Thierry?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
Is Château-Thierry a protected historic area?
One is on the way: a site patrimonial remarquable for Château-Thierry is on the ministry’s list, but its rules are still being drawn up.
When were monuments in Château-Thierry first protected?
The first in 1886, the latest in 2018.
How old are the homes in Château-Thierry?
8.6% 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 9, 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.