ClasséCathedral · protected 1862cathédrale Saint-Pierre Saint-PaulPhoto: DXR · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Évêché (ancien) · Photo: G.Garitan · CC BY-SA 4.042historic monuments
History of Troyes · Monuments historiques
A secteur sauvegardé since 1964, and 42 historic monuments
The Culture ministry lists 42 historic monuments in Troyes: 21 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 21 inscrit (the second level). That’s 6.8 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 77% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 12th century. We have photos of 42 of them.
Monuments historiques
42
6.8 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
21
the highest protection
Inscrit
21
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
11%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Troyes in 42 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-NicolasClassé
Hôtel de villeClassé
Abbaye Saint-Martin-ès-Aires (ancienne)Classé
Église Saint-Martin-es-VignesClassé
Hôtel de MauroyClassé+37See 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
Troyes has 2 protected historic areas
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR44-12 | Secteur sauvegardé September 21, 1964 | PSMV (safeguarding plan) December 15, 2017 |
| SPR44-13 | ZPPAUP July 29, 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. A PSMV (plan de sauvegarde et de mise en valeur) is the strictest plan: it covers every building, inside as well as out.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
Map
Where Troyes’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Hôtel de Marisy
13 of 21classé monuments stand within 400 m of Hôtel de Marisy, with 25 of the town’s 42 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
42 monuments by protection
21 Classé21 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
21 classé monuments in Troyes
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 10 of the 21 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Classé
ClasséChurch · protected 1908Église Saint-RémyPhoto: T-H-M-de-Champagne · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChurch · protected 1840Église de la Madeleine et ancien cimetièrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: GO69 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséChurch · protected 1908Église Saint-Martin-es-VignesPhoto: Javelefran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
Classé
ClasséBishop’s palace · protected 1909Évêché (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: G.Garitan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown house · protected 1862Hôtel de MarisyPhoto: Original téléversé par Melusin sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséTown house · protected 1904Hôtel de VauluisantPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Javelefran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown house · protected 1932Hôtel des UrsinsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Javelefran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1933Maison de l'ElectionPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Footballeuse33 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1961Maison de l'OrfèvrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Gérard Janot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséAbbey · protected 1987Abbaye Saint-Martin-ès-Aires (ancienne)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Javelefran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown house · protected 1926Hôtel de villePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Superjuju10 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséConvent · protected 1984Monastère de la VisitationPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Footballeuse33 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHospital · protected 1885Hôtel-Dieu (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChurch · protected 2001Église Notre-Dame des TrévoisPhoto: Javelefran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséInscrit
21 inscrit monuments in Troyes
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 21, A to Z
Abbaye Saint-Loup (ancienne)Ancien cirque municipal, puis Palais des congrèsChambre de commerce, ancien hôtel CamusatChapitre (ancien), puis entrepôtHospice Saint-NicolasHôtel d'AutruyHôtel de ChapelaineHôtel DeheurlesHôtel du Petit LouvreImmeuble, 111 rue Emile-ZolaKiosque à musiqueLe moulin de la Rave, le moulin Notre-Dame, et la villa bourgeoise du parc des moulins dite villa MarotMaison de la congrégation des Soeurs de la ProvidenceMaison dite du DauphinMaison du BoulangerMaison, 2 rue MoléMaison, 34 rue de la MonnaieMaison, 4 rue MoléMaison, 6 rue MoléMaison, 8 rue MoléPréfecture de l'Aube (Hôtel de Département)
6 more, named only by their kind
6 more are named in the list only by their kind: 5 houses (maisons) and 1 other. The 6 with an address are in the list above, by it.
What’s protected
Most of Troyes’ monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes21
Religious buildings13
Public & civic5
Farm buildings1
Houses & homes: 21 of 42 monuments (50%). 13 are religious buildings, 12 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 2 have no domain on the list.
How old
How old Troyes’ 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 Revolution27
19th century 1801–19003
20th century and later since 19012
4 of 36 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Chapitre (ancien), puis entrepôt (12th & 16th c.). 6 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
Troyes’ list has grown since 1840
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1840186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1840: Église de la Madeleine et ancien cimetière, Église Saint-Jean and Église Saint-Nizier. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 1 has been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
101 people born in Troyes before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
Robert de Molesme
Rachi
Thibaut III de Champagne
Urbain IV
Thibaut Ier de Navarre
Guillaume I Le Bé
Jean Passerat
Philippe Thomassin
Nicolas Caussin
Pierre Mignard
Marguerite Bourgeoys
François Girardon
Jacques Carrey
Nicolas Fouché
Nicolas Siret
Philibert Orry
Antoine Simon
Antoine Marie Charles Garnier
Edme-Bonaventure Courtois
Nicolas Marie Songis des Courbons
1050120013501500165018001950
RM
Robert de Molesme1027–1111 · Cistercian abbot
R
Rachi1040–1105 · French rabbi and commentator
TI
Thibaut III de Champagne1179–1201 · Count of Champagne from 1197 to 1201
UI
Urbain IV1185–1264 · Head of the Catholic Church from 1261 to 1264
TI
Thibaut Ier de Navarre1201–1253 · King of Navarre from 1234 to 1253
GI
Guillaume I Le Bé1525–1598 · Printer and engraver
JP
Jean Passerat1534–1602 · French writer
PT
Philippe Thomassin1562–1622 · French engraver
Everyone born in Troyes Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Troyes has the 8th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 55,600 to 68,100 residents, by historic monuments.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Troyes
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troyes | 62,088 | 42 | 21 | Yes |
| Sainte-Savine | 10,289 | 3 | 2 | Yes |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers | 12,806 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes | 3,261 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas | 6,760 | 1 | 0 | — |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc | 12,648 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres | 3,223 | 2 | 1 | — |
In brief
Troyes in brief
Since 1964, the heart of Troyes has been a secteur sauvegardé, France’s strictest protection for a historic town. All told, the list holds 42 historic monuments, 21 of them classé, including Évêché (ancien). For its size, it has more historic monuments than 77% of compared French towns. Hôtel de Marisy sits at the heart of it all, with 13 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m.
Only 7 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the whole list, 50% are houses and homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 27 of 36. The rest is about typical: 11% 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 Troyes
How many historic monuments are there in Troyes?
The Culture ministry lists 42 historic monuments in Troyes: 21 classé and 21 inscrit.
Which monuments in Troyes are classé?
21, among them cathédrale Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul, Église Saint-Urbain, Église Saint-Rémy, Église de la Madeleine et ancien cimetière, Église Saint-Jean and Église Saint-Martin-es-Vignes.
How old are the monuments of Troyes?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
Is Troyes a protected historic area?
Yes: Troyes has 2 sites patrimoniaux remarquables, the first since 1964.
When were monuments in Troyes first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2024.
How old are the homes in Troyes?
11% 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.