Maison Sevestre ou du Notaire (ancien bailliage) · Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0

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History of Salers · Monuments historiques

20 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2014

The Culture ministry lists 20 historic monuments in Salers: 6 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 14 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 12th century. We have photos of 17 of them.

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Monuments historiques

Classé

the highest protection

Inscrit

the second level

Oldest part

12th c.

of any listed monument

Homes before 1919

41%

median compared town 7.4%

In pictures

Salers in 17 photos

Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Maison de BarguesClassé

Église Saint-MathieuClassé

Maison de FlogeacClassé

Beffroi appelé aussi Tour de l'horlogeClassé

Maison de la RonadeClassé+12See 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.

Protected area

Salers has had a protected historic area since 2014

Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.

Area	Created as	Plan in force
SPR84-39	AVAP December 21, 2014	AVAP (heritage area rules) December 21, 2014

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 Salers’ monuments stand

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

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 Salers

Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 4 of the 6 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.

Church · protected 1994Église Saint-MathieuPhoto: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Public building · protected 1929Beffroi appelé aussi Tour de l'horlogePhoto: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

House · protected 1951Maison de BarguesPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

House · protected 1927Maison de la RonadePart of the building is protectedPhoto: TARTAUD-GINESTE · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

House · protected 1927Maison de FlogeacPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Courthouse · protected 1927Maison Sevestre ou du Notaire (ancien bailliage)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Inscrit

14 inscrit monuments in Salers

Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.

All 14, A to Z

Bâtiment des Haras Gendarmerie dite Maison du Président (ancien Hôtel-Dieu)Hospice de Salers ou Fondation Lizet ou maison des Missionnaires Maison à tourelle dite Maison de Lafarge Maison Bertrandy Maison des Templiers Maison dite Château de la Bastide Maison, place Tyssandier-d'Escous Maison, place Tyssandier-d'Escous Maison, rue de la Martille Maison, rue des Templiers Maison, rue des Templiers Monument aux morts Porte Martille

5 more, named only by their kind

5 more are named in the list only by their kind: 5 houses (maisons), most from the 15th century. The 5 with an address are in the list above, by it.

15th c.4

17th c.1

See all 20 on the map

What’s protected

Most of Salers’ monuments are houses and homes

Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.

Houses & homes12

Public & civic3

Military & fortified2

Religious buildings1

Tombs & cemeteries1

Farm buildings1

Houses & homes: 12 of 20 monuments (60%). 1 is a religious building, 1 of them classé.

Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.

How old

How old Salers’ monuments are

Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.

Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0

Middle Ages 5th–15th c.11

16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution5

19th century 1801–19000

20th century and later since 19011

11 of 17 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Saint-Mathieu (12th–16th c.). 3 monuments have no date on the list.

When protected

8 of Salers’ monuments were protected in 1951

Monuments by the year they were first protected.

1951 · 8

192019401960198020002020

First protected, in 1925: Gendarmerie dite Maison du Président (ancien Hôtel-Dieu) and Porte Martille. 8 were protected in 1951 alone. 1 has been added since 2011.

Age of homes

41% of homes in Salers were built before 1919

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

41%

Before 1919

12%

1919–45

20%

1946–70

10%

1971–90

8.1%

1991–2005

9.4%

2006 on

SalersMedian compared French town

41% 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 (41%).

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

Born before 1900

3 people born in Salers before 1900

Their lives on one line.

Jean-Baptiste Gros

Jules-Antoine Badal

Louis Sevestre

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Jean-Baptiste Gros1759– · French politician

Jules-Antoine Badal1840–1929 · French ophthalmologist

Louis Sevestre1885–1958 · French politician

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

Neighbors

Historic monuments in the towns around Salers

Town	Residents	Monuments	Classé	Protected area
Salers	310	20	6	Yes
Mauriac	3,449	6	3	Yes
Aurillac	26,214	27	3	Yes
Ytrac	4,339	1	0	—
Arpajon-sur-Cère	6,361	3	0	—

In brief

Salers in brief

The record in Salers starts with Église Saint-Mathieu, which dates from the 12th century. In all there are 20 historic monuments, 6 of them classé, including Maison Sevestre ou du Notaire (ancien bailliage). Of its homes, 41% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Beffroi appelé aussi Tour de l'horloge sits at the heart of it all, with 6 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m.

Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2014. Of the whole list, 60% are houses and homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 11 of 17.

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 Salers

How many historic monuments are there in Salers?

The Culture ministry lists 20 historic monuments in Salers: 6 classé and 14 inscrit.

Which monuments in Salers are classé?

6, among them Église Saint-Mathieu, Beffroi appelé aussi Tour de l'horloge, Maison de Bargues, Maison de la Ronade, Maison de Flogeac and Maison Sevestre ou du Notaire (ancien bailliage).

How old are the monuments of Salers?

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

Is Salers a protected historic area?

Yes: part of Salers has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2014.

When were monuments in Salers first protected?

The first in 1925, the latest in 2019.

How old are the homes in Salers?

41% 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 8, 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.