ClasséChâteau · protected 1943Château dit château de MontlaurPhoto: Vpe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château dit château de Montlaur · Photo: Vpe · CC BY-SA 3.08historic monuments
History of Aubenas · Monuments historiques
8 historic monuments, 2 classé
Aubenas has 6.4 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 76% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. Aubenas’s oldest monuments date from the 13th century. 8 of Aubenas’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
8
6.4 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
6
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
16%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Aubenas in 8 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Chapelle Saint-BenoîtClassé
Hôtel Missolz de Ferrières (ancien)Inscrit
MaisonInscrit
Grange du Cheylard, ancienne dépendance de l'abbaye de MazanInscrit
Hôtel Goudard-Ruelle (ancien)Inscrit+3See 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 Aubenas’ 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.
8 monuments by protection
2 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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Classé
2 classé monuments in Aubenas
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 2 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChapel · protected 1943Chapelle Saint-BenoîtPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Calips · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
6 inscrit monuments in Aubenas
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritReligious building · protected 2007Grange du Cheylard, ancienne dépendance de l'abbaye de MazanPhoto: Celeda · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritTown house · protected 1974Hôtel Missolz de Ferrières (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Jmerlant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown house · protected 1963Hôtel Goudard-Ruelle (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: 0ups · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1938Maison Michel VeyrencPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Jmerlant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1927Maison, place de l'Hôtel-de-VillePhoto: Jmerlant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
How old
How old Aubenas’ monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.4
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution3
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
4 of 7 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Château dit château de Montlaur (13th & 18th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Age of homes
16% of homes in Aubenas were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
16%
Before 1919
6.2%
1919–45
26%
1946–70
25%
1971–90
13%
1991–2005
14%
2006 on
AubenasMedian compared French town
16% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1946 and 1970 than in any other period (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
18 people born in Aubenas before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean André Espic
Jean-Paul Delichères
Joseph Duclaux
Joseph Benoît Dalmas
Charles François Guillaume de Chanaleilles
Auguste de Bernardy
Auguste Champanhet
Grégoire Chabert
Julie Rodde
Jules Thibon
Auguste Bouchet
Henri-Charles-Louis Deguilhem
Albert Seibel
Victor Pradal
Georges Couderc
Léon Barry
Marius Dubois
Georges Montagnier
170017501800185019001950
JR
Julie Rodde1820–1900 · French journalist and writer (1819-1900), editor
AS
Albert Seibel1844–1936 · Viticulturist
JA
Jean André Espic1738–1800 · French politician
JP
Jean-Paul Delichères1752–1820 · French politician
JD
Joseph Duclaux1752– · French politician
JB
Joseph Benoît Dalmas1754–1824 · French politician
CF
Charles François Guillaume de Chanaleilles1767–1846 · French politician and officer
AB
Auguste de Bernardy1771–1846 · French politician
Everyone born in Aubenas Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Aubenas has the 7th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 12,100 to 12,700 residents, by historic monuments.
Aubenas8
#7 of 41for monuments per resident (6.4 per 10,000). Most per resident: Mende, Bayeux and Obernai.
The median town of these has 3. 8 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Aubenas
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubenas | 12,416 | 8 | 2 | — |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon | 2,920 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vals-les-Bains | 3,474 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg | 3,031 | 6 | 1 | Yes |
| Privas | 8,538 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Chomérac | 3,183 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Le Teil | 8,726 | 3 | 2 | — |
In brief
Aubenas in brief
Old houses are part of Aubenas’s character: 16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In all there are 8 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 76% of compared French towns. Only 6 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 4 of 7. The oldest, Château dit château de Montlaur, dates from the 13th century. Julie Rodde (1820), Albert Seibel (1844) and Jean André Espic (1738) are among the 18 people born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: most entries are houses and homes; and the list grew between 1927 and 2007.
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 Aubenas
How many historic monuments are there in Aubenas?
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Aubenas: 2 classé and 6 inscrit.
Which monuments in Aubenas are classé?
2, among them Château dit château de Montlaur and Chapelle Saint-Benoît.
How old are the monuments of Aubenas?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
When were monuments in Aubenas first protected?
The first in 1927, the latest in 2007.
How old are the homes in Aubenas?
16% 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.