ClasséCathedral · protected 1862Cathédrale Notre-DamePhoto: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancien collège des Jésuites ou ancien lycée Foch · Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.031historic monuments
History of Rodez · Monuments historiques
31 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2018
The Culture ministry lists 31 historic monuments in Rodez: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 23 inscrit (the second level). That’s 13 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 90% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 10th century. We have photos of 30 of them.
Monuments historiques
31
13 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
8
the highest protection
Inscrit
23
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
5.8%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Rodez in 30 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Maison de BenoitClassé
Maison dite du ChapîtreClassé
ImmeublesClassé
Maison des AnglaisClassé
Cathédrale Notre-DameClassé+25See 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
Rodez has had a protected historic area since 2018
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR76-17 | AVAP January 26, 2018 | AVAP (heritage area rules) January 26, 2018 |
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 Rodez’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Cathédrale Notre-Dame
8 of 8classé monuments stand within 400 m of Cathédrale Notre-Dame, with 26 of the town’s 31 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
31 monuments by protection
8 Classé23 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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Classé
8 classé monuments in Rodez
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 5 of the 8 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséHouse · protected 1944Maison de BenoitPart of the building is protectedPhoto: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséSchool · protected 1927Ancien collège des Jésuites ou ancien lycée FochPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséHouse · protected 1976Maison Renaissance dite de l'AnnonciationPart of the building is protectedPhoto: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséHouse · protected 1928Maison dite du ChapîtrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséBuilding · protected 1944Immeubles, 3 rue Saint-JustPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
23 inscrit monuments in Rodez
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 23, A to Z
Ancien évêchéAncienne chartreuseChâteau de Saint-FélixÉglise du Sacré-CoeurÉglise Saint-AmansGrand Hôtel Le Broussy, aujourd'hui Hôtel Mercure, et Grand Café Riche, actuel café Le BroussyHôpital CombarelHôtel de BonaldHôtel du Cheval NoirHôtel SéguretMaison, 1 rue de la BarrièreMaison, 19 rue de l'EmbergueMaison, 2 carrefour Saint-EtienneMaison, 2 rue d'ArmagnacMaison, 2 rue du BalMaison, 4 impasse CambonMaison, 4 place Adrien-RozierMaison, 4 rue d'ArmagnacMaison, 6 place de la PréfectureMaison, 8 rue Sainte-CatherinePont de La Guioule-sous-RodezPréfecture, place de la PréfecturePresbytère de la cathédrale
11 more, named only by their kind
11 more are named in the list only by their kind: 10 houses (maisons) and 1 other, most from the 16th and 17th centuries. The 11 with an address are in the list above, by it.
15th c.1
16th c.3
17th c.3
18th c.1
undated3
What’s protected
Most of Rodez’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes22
Religious buildings4
Public & civic2
Bridges & engineering1
Houses & homes: 22 of 31 monuments (71%). 4 are religious buildings, 1 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 Rodez’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.7
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution17
19th century 1801–19002
20th century and later since 19010
7 of 26 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Cathédrale Notre-Dame (13th–16th c.). 5 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
9 of Rodez’s monuments were protected in 1947
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1947 · 9
186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1862: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Maison d'Armagnac and Maison des Anglais. 9 were protected in 1947 alone. 3 have been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
41 people born in Rodez before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
Raimond-Bérenger III de Barcelone
Jean Félix Cayla de La Garde
Jean-Chrysostôme de Villaret
Jean-Louis Seconds
Antoine Claude Dièche
Jean-Pierre Félix Roux
Étienne-Joseph-Bernard Delrieu
Jean-Alexis Béteille
Félix Hippolyte Fréjus Monseignat du Cluzel
Jean Antoine Cambe
Amans-Alexis Monteil
Pierre Rodat d'Olemps
Joseph Delauro
Amans Joseph Henri de Séguret
François Gracchus Cabrol
Hippolyte de Barrau
Pauline de Flaugergues
Adrien Rozier
Eugène Raynaldy
Abel Lafleur
1050120013501500165018001950
RB
Raimond-Bérenger III de Barcelone1082–1131 · Count of Barcelona
AA
Amans-Alexis Monteil1769–1850 · French historian
ER
Eugène Raynaldy1869–1938 · French politician
AL
Abel Lafleur1875–1953 · French artist
JF
Jean Félix Cayla de La Garde1734–1800 · French politician
JC
Jean-Chrysostôme de Villaret1739–1824 · French bishop
JL
Jean-Louis Seconds1743–1819 · French politician
AC
Antoine Claude Dièche1753–1811 · French general
Everyone born in Rodez Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Rodez has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 22,600 to 25,500 residents, by historic monuments.
Rodez31
#5 of 41for monuments per resident (13 per 10,000). Most per resident: Laon, Dole and Vichy.
The median town of these has 3. 4 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Rodez
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodez | 23,981 | 31 | 8 | Yes |
| Onet-le-Château | 12,080 | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| Olemps | 3,559 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Sébazac-Concourès | 3,234 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Luc-la-Primaube | 6,046 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Druelle Balsac | 3,187 | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| Baraqueville | 3,173 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Rodez in brief
Per resident, Rodez has more historic monuments than 90% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 31 historic monuments, 8 of them classé, including Ancien collège des Jésuites ou ancien lycée Foch. Cathédrale Notre-Dame sits at the heart of it all, with 8 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2018. Of the whole list, 71% are houses and homes. Of the 26 with a date, 17 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. Beyond that, 5.8% 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 Rodez
How many historic monuments are there in Rodez?
The Culture ministry lists 31 historic monuments in Rodez: 8 classé and 23 inscrit.
Which monuments in Rodez are classé?
8, among them Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Maison de Benoit, Ancien collège des Jésuites ou ancien lycée Foch, Maison d'Armagnac, Maison Renaissance dite de l'Annonciation and Maison des Anglais.
How old are the monuments of Rodez?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 10th century.
Is Rodez a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Rodez has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2018.
When were monuments in Rodez first protected?
The first in 1862, the latest in 2025.
How old are the homes in Rodez?
5.8% 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.