ClasséChurch · protected 1909Église Saint-Pierre de ChâteloyPhoto: Modillons58 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ruines du château · Photo: User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.010historic monuments
History of Hérisson · Monuments historiques
10 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2006
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Hérisson: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 12th century. We have photos of 6 of them.
Monuments historiques
10
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
6
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
47%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Hérisson in 6 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-Pierre de ChâteloyClassé
Maison 3 rue de l’abbé AuryClassé
Ancienne église Saint-SauveurInscrit
Porte de Varenne et les restes des remparts y attenantInscrit
Porte de la Rivière et les restes des remparts y attenantInscrit+1See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Protected area
Hérisson has had a protected historic area since 2006
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR84-10 | ZPPAUP July 21, 2006 | ZPPAUP (heritage zone rules) July 21, 2006 |
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.
Map
Where Hérisson’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
10 monuments by protection
4 Classé6 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
4 classé monuments in Hérisson
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.
Classé
ClasséInscrit
6 inscrit monuments in Hérisson
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1927Ancienne église Saint-SauveurPart of the building is protectedPhoto: User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown gate · protected 1928Porte de la Rivière et les restes des remparts y attenantPhoto: Patrick Boyer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown gate · protected 1928Porte de Varenne et les restes des remparts y attenantPhoto: User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Town house · protected 1995Ancien hôtel ou maison Mousse
Château · protected 2010Château de la Roche-Othon
Dovecote · protected 1985Pigeonnier de Crochepot
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Hérisson
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes4
Religious buildings3
Military & fortified2
Farm buildings1
Houses & homes: 4 of 10 monuments (40%). 3 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old Hérisson’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.7
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution3
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
7 of 10 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancienne église Saint-Sauveur (12th & 17th c.).
When protected
2 of Hérisson’s monuments were protected in 1928
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1909: Église Saint-Pierre de Châteloy. 2 were protected in 1928 alone. 1 has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
47% of homes in Hérisson were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
47%
Before 1919
16%
1919–45
13%
1946–70
17%
1971–90
5.4%
1991–2005
1.1%
2006 on
HérissonMedian compared French town
47% 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 (47%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Hérisson before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Louis Bignon
Marcellin Simonnet
Camille Gagnon
1800182518501875190019251950
LB
Louis Bignon1816–1906 · French chef/agriculturalist
MS
Marcellin Simonnet1824–1894 · French politician
CG
Camille Gagnon1893–1983 · French magistrate
Everyone born in Hérisson Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Hérisson
In brief
Hérisson in brief
Hérisson’s oldest monument, Ancienne église Saint-Sauveur, dates from the 12th century. All told, the list holds 10 historic monuments, 4 of them classé. Of its homes, 47% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2006. Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 7 of 10. Louis Bignon (1816), Marcellin Simonnet (1824) and Camille Gagnon (1893) were all born here before 1900.
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 Hérisson
How many historic monuments are there in Hérisson?
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Hérisson: 4 classé and 6 inscrit.
Which monuments in Hérisson are classé?
4, among them Église Saint-Pierre de Châteloy, Maison 3 rue de l’abbé Aury, Ruines du château and chapelle Saint-Étienne.
How old are the monuments of Hérisson?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
Is Hérisson a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Hérisson has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2006.
When were monuments in Hérisson first protected?
The first in 1909, the latest in 2025.
How old are the homes in Hérisson?
47% 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.