ClasséChâteau · protected 1917Château et ses dépendancesPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Pescure · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Église · Photo: Martpan · CC BY-SA 3.06historic monuments
History of Rots · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, more per resident than 96% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Rots: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 12th century. We have photos of 6 of them.
Monuments historiques
6
24 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
20%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Rots in 6 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Château et ses dépendancesClassé
ÉgliseClassé
Manoir Saint-OuenInscrit
Chapelle de l'OrtialInscrit
Église Saint-PierreInscrit+1See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Towns its size
Rots has the 1st most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 2,500 to 2,600 residents, by historic monuments.
Rots6
#2 of 41for monuments per resident (24 per 10,000). Most per resident: Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Rots and Lusignan.
The median town of these has 2. 9 of the 41 have none.
Map
Where Rots’ 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.
6 monuments by protection
3 Classé3 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
3 classé monuments in Rots
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 3 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Classé
ClasséInscrit
3 inscrit monuments in Rots
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
InscritChurch · protected 1927Église Saint-PierrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Pescure · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritManor house · protected 1927Manoir Saint-OuenPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
How old
How old Rots’ 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 Revolution1
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
4 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Chapelle de l'Ortial (13th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Age of homes
20% of homes in Rots were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
20%
Before 1919
4.2%
1919–45
11%
1946–70
29%
1971–90
21%
1991–2005
14%
2006 on
RotsMedian compared French town
20% 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.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Rots
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rots | 2,544 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Thue et Mue | 6,182 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Carpiquet | 3,428 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon | 4,494 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Verson | 4,059 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour | 2,810 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Caen | 109,400 | 90 | 29 | Yes |
In brief
Rots in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Rots: per resident it has more than 96% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 6 historic monuments, 3 of them classé. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population.
Its housing is old: 20% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 4 of 5. Beyond that, most entries are churches and religious buildings; Philippe Paris (1814) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1840 and 1932.
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 Rots
How many historic monuments are there in Rots?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Rots: 3 classé and 3 inscrit.
Which monuments in Rots are classé?
3, among them Château et ses dépendances.
How old are the monuments of Rots?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Rots first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 1932.
How old are the homes in Rots?
20% 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.