ClasséChurch · protected 1910Église Saint-MichelPhoto: Symac / Sylvain Machefert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancien château · Photo: Tylwyth Eldar · CC BY-SA 4.017historic monuments
History of Castelnaudary · Monuments historiques
17 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2011
The Culture ministry lists 17 historic monuments in Castelnaudary: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 13 inscrit (the second level). That’s 14 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 91% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 14th century. We have photos of 9 of them.
Monuments historiques
17
14 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
13
the second level
Oldest part
14th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
19%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Castelnaudary in 9 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Croix de pierreClassé
Église Saint-MichelClassé
Ancien hôtel de villeInscrit
Ancien couvent des CarmesInscrit
Canal du MidiInscrit+4See 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
Castelnaudary has had a protected historic area since 2011
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR76-10 | AVAP March 21, 2011 | AVAP (heritage area rules) March 21, 2011 |
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 Castelnaudary’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.
17 monuments by protection
4 Classé13 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 Castelnaudary
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 2 of the 4 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChâteau · protected 2000Château du Castelet des CrozesPart of the building is protected
Hospital · protected 1992HôpitalPart of the building is protected
Inscrit
13 inscrit monuments in Castelnaudary
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 13, A to Z
1 more, named only by its kind
One more is named in the list only by its kind: 1 house (maison), most from the 18th century. The one with an address is in the list above, by it.
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Castelnaudary
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes8
Religious buildings6
Public & civic2
Houses & homes: 8 of 17 monuments (47%). 6 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old
How old Castelnaudary’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.4
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution13
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
4 of 17 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancien couvent des Carmes (14th & 15th c.).
When protected
Over half of Castelnaudary’s monuments were protected in 1948
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1948 · 9
1900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1910: Église Saint-Michel. 9 were protected in 1948 alone. None has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
19% of homes in Castelnaudary were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
19%
Before 1919
8.6%
1919–45
20%
1946–70
29%
1971–90
12%
1991–2005
11%
2006 on
CastelnaudaryMedian compared French town
19% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (29%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
19 people born in Castelnaudary before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jacques Périès
Antoine François Andréossy
Jean-François-César de Guilhermy
Michel Paul Noël Jouffard
Étienne Estève
Louis Galabert
Jean, Antoine, Martin Rodière
Jean-François Solier
Herman-Louis-Bernard-Ernest de Calouin de Tréville
Louis-Félix Amiel
Melchior de Marion-Brésillac
Pierre Germain
Antoine Marfan
Marie-Thérèse de Soubiran
Eugène Mir
Auguste Fourès
François-Henry Laperrine
Antonin Senescail
Jacques Madaule
170017501800185019001950
AF
Antoine François Andréossy1761–1828 · French general
LF
Louis-Félix Amiel1802–1864 · French portrait painter
MM
Melchior de Marion-Brésillac1813–1859 · Roman Catholic missionary
MT
Marie-Thérèse de Soubiran1834–1889 · French Roman Catholic nun
FH
François-Henry Laperrine1860–1920 · French general
JP
Jacques Périès1736–1797 · French politician
JF
Jean-François-César de Guilhermy1761–1829 · French politician
MP
Michel Paul Noël Jouffard1771–1843 · French politician
Everyone born in Castelnaudary Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Castelnaudary has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 11,900 to 12,400 residents, by historic monuments.
Castelnaudary17
#1 of 41for monuments per resident (14 per 10,000). Most per resident: Castelnaudary, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Saint-Gaudens.
The median town of these has 2. 8 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Castelnaudary
In brief
Castelnaudary in brief
For its size, Castelnaudary has more historic monuments than 91% of compared French towns. In all there are 17 historic monuments, 4 of them classé, including Croix de pierre. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population. Of its homes, 19% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2011. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 13 of 17. The oldest, Ancien couvent des Carmes, dates from the 14th century.
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 Castelnaudary
How many historic monuments are there in Castelnaudary?
The Culture ministry lists 17 historic monuments in Castelnaudary: 4 classé and 13 inscrit.
Which monuments in Castelnaudary are classé?
4, among them Église Saint-Michel, Croix de pierre and Château du Castelet des Crozes.
How old are the monuments of Castelnaudary?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 14th century.
Is Castelnaudary a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Castelnaudary has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2011.
When were monuments in Castelnaudary first protected?
The first in 1910, the latest in 2007.
How old are the homes in Castelnaudary?
19% 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 9, 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.