ClasséChurch · protected 1925Église Saint-ValierPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Florent Pécassou · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancien château · Photo: Sergio09200 · CC BY-SA 4.05historic monuments
History of Saint-Girons · Monuments historiques
5 historic monuments, 1 classé
Saint-Girons has 8.3 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 82% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest monuments in Saint-Girons date from the 12th century. We have photos of 4 of Saint-Girons’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
5
8.3 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Saint-Girons in pictures
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Saint-Girons’ 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.
5 monuments by protection
1 Classé4 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
One classé monument in Saint-Girons
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 1 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Saint-Girons
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChâteau · protected 1988Ancien châteauPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Sergio09200 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1992Maison DufaurPart of the building is protectedPhoto: PierreG 09 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritCommercial building · protected 2022Grand Café de l’Union (ancien)Part of the building is protected
Age of homes
13% of homes in Saint-Girons were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
11%
1919–45
33%
1946–70
27%
1971–90
9.4%
1991–2005
7.4%
2006 on
Saint-GironsMedian compared French town
13% 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 (33%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
12 people born in Saint-Girons before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Pierre Caubère
Antoine Galy-Cazalat
André Rouaix
Charles-Henri Emile Blanchard
Henri-Louis Duclos
Frédéric Arnaud
Joseph Sentenac
Paul Rouaix
Joseph-Paul-Louis Bergès
Patrice Bonnet
Jean Caujolle
Pierre Mazaud
170017501800185019001950
PC
Pierre Caubère1748–1823 · French politician
AG
Antoine Galy-Cazalat1796–1869 · French politician
AR
André Rouaix1810–1869 · French politician
CH
Charles-Henri Emile Blanchard1810–1890 · French painter
HL
Henri-Louis Duclos1815–1900 · French historian
FA
Frédéric Arnaud1819–1878 · French politician
JS
Joseph Sentenac1835–1915 · French politician
PR
Paul Rouaix1850–1937 · French art historian
Everyone born in Saint-Girons Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Saint-Girons has the 6th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 5,900 to 6,100 residents, by historic monuments.
Saint-Girons5
#8 of 41for monuments per resident (8.3 per 10,000). Most per resident: Vaison-la-Romaine, Ciboure and Benfeld.
The median town of these has 1. 9 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Saint-Girons
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Girons | 6,008 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre Haute-Garonne | 3,050 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Cazères Haute-Garonne | 4,854 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Saint-Girons in brief
The record in Saint-Girons starts with Église Saint-Valier, which dates from the 12th century. In all there are 5 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Église Saint-Valier. Its housing is old: 13% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 82% of compared French towns.
Only 5 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 12 people born here before 1900, the best known include Pierre Caubère (1748), Antoine Galy-Cazalat (1796) and André Rouaix (1810). Beyond that, the list grew between 1925 and 2022.
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 Saint-Girons
How many historic monuments are there in Saint-Girons?
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Saint-Girons: 1 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Saint-Girons are classé?
One: Église Saint-Valier.
How old are the monuments of Saint-Girons?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Saint-Girons first protected?
The first in 1925, the latest in 2022.
How old are the homes in Saint-Girons?
13% 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.