ClasséChapel · protected 1989Chapelle Saint-MichelPhoto: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Chapelle Saint-Michel · Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain14historic monuments
History of Lambesc · Monuments historiques
14 historic monuments, 6 classé
For every 10,000 residents Lambesc counts 14 monuments, more per resident than 91% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. Lambesc’s oldest monuments date from the 11th century. 13 of Lambesc’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
14
14 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
6
the highest protection
Inscrit
8
the second level
Oldest part
11th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
15%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Lambesc in 13 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'AssomptionClassé
LavoirClassé
Chapelle Sainte-Anne-de-Goiron (également sur commune de La-Roque-d'Anthéron)Classé
Tour du JacquemartClassé
Ancienne chapelle des Pénitents blancsInscrit+8See 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 Lambesc’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Chapelle Saint-Michel
4 of 6classé monuments stand within 400 m of Chapelle Saint-Michel, with 5 of the town’s 14 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
14 monuments by protection
6 Classé8 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 Lambesc
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.
ClasséChapel · protected 1970Chapelle Sainte-Anne-de-Goiron (également sur commune de La-Roque-d'Anthéron)Photo: SombreSanglier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséFortified house · protected 1989Tour du JacquemartPhoto: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChurch · protected 1982Église Notre-Dame-de-l'AssomptionPhoto: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséPublic building · protected 1984Lavoir, rue de la RépubliquePhoto: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Residence · protected 1979Domaine d'AiguebellePart of the building is protected
Inscrit
8 inscrit monuments in Lambesc
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritTown house · protected 1978Hôtel Pagy de Valbonne (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Antony118 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChapel · protected 1996Ancienne chapelle des Pénitents blancsPhoto: Antony118 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
Inscrit
Inscrit
Inscrit
InscritCave · protected 1937Grottes de Sainte-Anne-de-Goiron (également sur commune de La-Roque-d'Anthéron)Photo: rene boulay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritWhat’s protected
Most of Lambesc’s monuments are churches and religious buildings
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Religious buildings8
Houses & homes4
Military & fortified1
Public & civic1
Religious buildings: 8 of 14 monuments (57%).
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old Lambesc’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.2
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution8
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
2 of 10 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Chapelle Saint-Michel (11th–19th c.). 4 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
3 of Lambesc’s monuments were protected in 1935
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1935: Oratoire Saint-Marc, Oratoire Sainte-Anne and Oratoire Sainte-Thérèse. None has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
15% of homes in Lambesc were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
15%
Before 1919
4.1%
1919–45
11%
1946–70
33%
1971–90
17%
1991–2005
21%
2006 on
LambescMedian compared French town
15% 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 (33%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Lambesc before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Ambroise Pascal Liotard
Léon Dury
Henri Michel
1800182518501875190019251950
AP
Ambroise Pascal Liotard1810–1876 · French sculptor
LD
Léon Dury1822–1891 · French physician
HM
Henri Michel1857–1930 · French politician
Everyone born in Lambesc Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Lambesc has the 4th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 9,900 to 10,200 residents, by historic monuments.
Lambesc14
#4 of 41for monuments per resident (14 per 10,000). Most per resident: Ploërmel, Parthenay and Apt.
The median town of these has 1. 10 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Lambesc
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambesc | 10,024 | 14 | 6 | — |
| Saint-Cannat | 6,097 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rognes | 4,693 | 5 | 0 | Yes |
| Charleval | 2,640 | 0 | 0 | — |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron | 5,459 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Pélissanne | 11,085 | 6 | 2 | — |
| Alleins | 2,852 | 3 | 2 | — |
In brief
Lambesc in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Lambesc: per resident it has more than 91% of compared French towns. In all there are 14 historic monuments, 6 of them classé. Its housing is old: 15% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Chapelle Saint-Michel sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m.
Only 3 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the whole list, 57% are churches and religious buildings. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 8 of 10.
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 Lambesc
How many historic monuments are there in Lambesc?
The Culture ministry lists 14 historic monuments in Lambesc: 6 classé and 8 inscrit.
Which monuments in Lambesc are classé?
6, among them Chapelle Saint-Michel, Chapelle Sainte-Anne-de-Goiron (également sur commune de La-Roque-d'Anthéron), Tour du Jacquemart, Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption and Domaine d'Aiguebelle.
How old are the monuments of Lambesc?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
When were monuments in Lambesc first protected?
The first in 1935, the latest in 1996.
How old are the homes in Lambesc?
15% 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.