Pont-Neuf qui relie les deux rives de l'Aude près de l'église Saint-Martin · Photo: Pinpin 18:59, 24 March 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0

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History of Limoux · Monuments historiques

12 historic monuments, none of them classé

For every 10,000 residents Limoux counts 11 monuments, more per resident than 88% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. We have photos of 5 of them. The oldest date from the 12th century.

12th c.oldest part 1948first protected

Monuments historiques

11 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5

Classé

the highest protection

Inscrit

the second level

Oldest part

12th c.

of any listed monument

Homes before 1919

14%

median compared town 7.4%

In pictures

Limoux in 5 photos

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Église Notre-Dame-de-MarceilleInscrit

Hôtel de villeInscrit

Église Saint-MartinInscrit

Chapelle de la Miséricorde, ancienne église des AugustinsInscrit+1See all photos

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 Limoux’s monuments stand

Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.

InscritLevel not given

Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.

12 monuments by protection

11 Inscrit1 Level not given

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.

Inscrit

12 inscrit monuments in Limoux

Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared. 1 of them has no protection level on the list.

Church · protected 1948Église Saint-MartinPart of the building is protectedPhoto: ~~ · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Church · protected 1948Église Notre-Dame-de-MarceillePhoto: MartinTallavignes2.0 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bridge · protected 1948Pont-Neuf qui relie les deux rives de l'Aude près de l'église Saint-MartinPhoto: Pinpin 18:59, 24 March 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Town hall · protected 1948Hôtel de villePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Tournasol7 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Chapel · protected 2020Chapelle de la Miséricorde, ancienne église des AugustinsPhoto: Anonyme Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Convent · protected 1948Ancien couvent des CordeliersPart of the building is protected

Town house · protected 1999Hôtel de BrassePart of the building is protected

War memorial · protected 2018Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918

House · protected 1951Maison, 57 rue de la BlanqueriePart of the building is protected

House · protected 1948Maison, 7 rue de la TrinitéPart of the building is protected

House · protected 1948Maison, 2 rue Saint-VictorPart of the building is protected

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What’s protected

Churches and religious buildings are the largest group in Limoux

Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.

Religious buildings4

Houses & homes4

Public & civic1

Tombs & cemeteries1

Bridges & engineering1

Religious buildings: 4 of 12 monuments (33%).

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 Limoux’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.5

16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution4

19th century 1801–19000

20th century and later since 19010

5 of 9 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Saint-Martin (12th–16th c.). 3 monuments have no date on the list.

When protected

Over half of Limoux’s monuments were protected in 1948

Monuments by the year they were first protected.

1948 · 7

19401960198020002020

First protected, in 1948: Ancien couvent des Cordeliers, Église Notre-Dame-de-Marceille and Église Saint-Martin. 2 have been added since 2011.

Age of homes

14% of homes in Limoux were built before 1919

Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).

14%

Before 1919

6.2%

1919–45

24%

1946–70

25%

1971–90

15%

1991–2005

15%

2006 on

LimouxMedian compared French town

14% 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 (25%).

INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.

Born before 1900

25 people born in Limoux before 1900

The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.

Louis de Chénier

Vincent d'Auriol

Raymond Ribes

Paul Louis Dargiot de La Ferrière

Louis Natoire

Pierre François Dominique Bonnet

Jean-François Adrien Cassagnau de Saint-Gervais

Jean-Louis Brousses

Jean Antoine Paul Serge d'Auberjon

Jean-François Joly

Lucien Trinchan

Louis Auguste de Peyre

Louis Dupuy de Belvèze

Fortuné Brousses

Jules Tailhan

Pierre Hercule Joly

Émile Digeon

Léonce de Guiraud

Alexandre Bacave

Marie Petiet

170017501800185019001950

Marie Petiet1854–1893 · French painter

Louis de Chénier1722–1796 · French shopkeeper, diplomat and writer

Vincent d'Auriol1728–1799 · French general

Raymond Ribes1743–1829 · French politician

Paul Louis Dargiot de La Ferrière1745–1817 · French general

Louis Natoire1748–1819 · French politician

Pierre François Dominique Bonnet1754–1809 · French politician

Jean-François Adrien Cassagnau de Saint-Gervais1759–1819 · French politician

Everyone born in Limoux Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.

Towns its size

Limoux has the 3rd most monuments of 41 towns its size

Compared French towns of 10,400 to 10,700 residents, by historic monuments.

Pernes-les-Fontaines26

Limoux12

#3 of 41for monuments per resident (11 per 10,000). Most per resident: Pernes-les-Fontaines, Villers-Cotterêts and Limoux.

The median town of these has 2. 10 of the 41 have none.

Neighbors

Historic monuments in the towns around Limoux

Town	Residents	Monuments	Classé	Protected area
Limoux	10,532	12	0	—
Palaja	2,722	3	1	—
Quillan	2,978	2	0	—
Carcassonne	46,080	52	9	Yes
Bram	3,233	2	1	—
Pennautier	2,895	1	0	—
Villemoustaussou	4,401	0	0	—

In brief

Limoux in brief

The record in Limoux starts with Église Saint-Martin, which dates from the 12th century. In all there are 12 historic monuments, including Pont-Neuf qui relie les deux rives de l'Aude près de l'église Saint-Martin. Of its homes, 14% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 88% of compared French towns.

Only 2 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 9 with a date, 5 come from the Middle Ages. Of the 25 people born here before 1900, the best known include Marie Petiet (1854), Louis de Chénier (1722) and Vincent d'Auriol (1728).

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 Limoux

How many historic monuments are there in Limoux?

The Culture ministry lists 12 historic monuments in Limoux: 11 inscrit, none classé.

How old are the monuments of Limoux?

The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.

When were monuments in Limoux first protected?

The first in 1948, the latest in 2020.

How old are the homes in Limoux?

14% 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.