ClasséAbbey · protected 1923Ancienne abbaye Sainte-Marie d'OrbieuPhoto: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Église Saint-Michel · Photo: Binche · CC BY-SA 3.015historic monuments
History of Lagrasse · Monuments historiques
15 historic monuments, 6 classé
Lagrasse’s oldest monuments date from the 10th century. 15 of Lagrasse’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
15
Classé
6
the highest protection
Inscrit
9
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
34%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Lagrasse in 15 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancienne abbaye Sainte-Marie d'OrbieuClassé
Pont faisant communiquer le village de Lagrasse et le quartier de l'AbbayeClassé
HalleClassé
MaisonClassé
Ancienne maison presbytéraleClassé+10See 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 Lagrasse’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Ancienne abbaye Sainte-Marie d'Orbieu
6 of 6classé monuments stand within 400 m of Ancienne abbaye Sainte-Marie d'Orbieu, with 12 of the town’s 15 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
15 monuments by protection
6 Classé9 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
6 classé monuments in Lagrasse
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 6 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséBridge · protected 1907Pont faisant communiquer le village de Lagrasse et le quartier de l'AbbayePhoto: Bertrand Bouret · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséPresbytery · protected 2020Ancienne maison presbytéralePhoto: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséHouse · protected 1930Maison, rue FoyPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
9 inscrit monuments in Lagrasse
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritPriory · protected 1948Ancien prieuré de MiraillesPhoto: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritPriory · protected 1948Ruines du prieuré de Saint-Michel-de-NahuzePhoto: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritTown walls · protected 1930Tour de Plaisance et restes de remparts contigüsPhoto: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1948Maison CastelPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1931Maison MaynardPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
Inscrit
InscritHouse · protected 1948Maison des Soeurs de NeversPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Lagrasse
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes6
Religious buildings4
Bridges & engineering2
Shops & trade1
Houses & homes: 6 of 15 monuments (40%). 4 are religious buildings, 2 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 Lagrasse’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.14
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution1
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
14 of 15 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancienne abbaye Sainte-Marie d'Orbieu (12th–18th c.).
When protected
6 of Lagrasse’s monuments were protected in 1948
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1948 · 6
1900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1907: Pont faisant communiquer le village de Lagrasse et le quartier de l'Abbaye. 6 were protected in 1948 alone. 2 have been added since 2011.
Age of homes
34% of homes in Lagrasse were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
34%
Before 1919
10%
1919–45
12%
1946–70
23%
1971–90
13%
1991–2005
8.4%
2006 on
LagrasseMedian compared French town
34% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (34%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Lagrasse before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Henry Maury
Dominique Pierre Cambriels
Albert Cambriels
175017751800182518501875190019251950
AC
Albert Cambriels1816–1891 · French general
HM
Henry Maury1763–1813 · French officer
DP
Dominique Pierre Cambriels1767–1845 · French officer
Everyone born in Lagrasse Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Lagrasse
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagrasse | 554 | 15 | 6 | — |
| Lézignan-Corbières | 10,343 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Trèbes | 5,361 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Palaja | 2,722 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Carcassonne | 46,080 | 52 | 9 | Yes |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel | 2,523 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Villemoustaussou | 4,401 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Lagrasse in brief
Ancienne abbaye Sainte-Marie d'Orbieu, from the 10th century, is the oldest monument in Lagrasse. All told, the list holds 15 historic monuments, 6 of them classé, including Église Saint-Michel. Its housing is old: 34% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Its classé monuments cluster together: 6 of them stand within 400 m of Ancienne abbaye Sainte-Marie d'Orbieu. In 2020 the Mission Patrimoine picked Ancienne abbaye Sainte-Marie d'Orbieu as a monument in danger to save.
Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 14 of 15. Albert Cambriels (1816), Henry Maury (1763) and Dominique Pierre Cambriels (1767) were all born here before 1900.
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 Lagrasse
How many historic monuments are there in Lagrasse?
The Culture ministry lists 15 historic monuments in Lagrasse: 6 classé and 9 inscrit.
Which monuments in Lagrasse are classé?
6, among them Ancienne abbaye Sainte-Marie d'Orbieu, Pont faisant communiquer le village de Lagrasse et le quartier de l'Abbaye, Église Saint-Michel and Ancienne maison presbytérale.
How old are the monuments of Lagrasse?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 10th century.
When were monuments in Lagrasse first protected?
The first in 1907, the latest in 2024.
How old are the homes in Lagrasse?
34% 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.