ClasséEngineering work · protected 1903Deux bornes milliaires gallo-romainesPhoto: Toutaitanous · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Église · Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.04historic monuments
History of Cruas · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
The ministry first listed a monument in Cruas in 1862. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Cruas, all of them classé, France’s highest heritage protection. We have photos of 4 of them.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Oldest part
Antiquity
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
7.7%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Cruas in pictures
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Terrain dit "dégagement de l'église"Classé
Deux bornes milliaires gallo-romainesClassé
Château (ruines)Classé+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.
Map
Where Cruas’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséWithin 400 m of Château (ruines)
3 of 4classé monuments stand within 400 m of Château (ruines), with 3 of the town’s 4 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
4 monuments by protection
4 Classé
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
4 classé monuments in Cruas
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
ClasséArchaeological site · protected 1954Terrain dit "dégagement de l'église"Photo: Celeda · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTowns its size
Cruas has the 3rd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 2,900 to 2,900 residents, by historic monuments.
Cruas4
The median town of these has 1. 12 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Cruas
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruas | 2,898 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Chomérac | 3,183 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Le Pouzin | 2,886 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme Drôme | 6,614 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Montélimar Drôme | 40,595 | 10 | 2 | Yes |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron Drôme | 2,592 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Le Teil | 8,726 | 3 | 2 | — |
In brief
Cruas in brief
Deux bornes milliaires gallo-romaines, from Antiquity, is the oldest monument in Cruas. All told, the list holds 4 historic monuments, 4 of them classé. Only 2 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Beyond that, the list grew between 1862 and 1954; and 7.7% 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 Cruas
How many historic monuments are there in Cruas?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Cruas: 4 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Cruas are classé?
4, among them Deux bornes milliaires gallo-romaines, Château (ruines) and Terrain dit "dégagement de l'église".
How old are the homes in Cruas?
7.7% 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) · 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.