ClasséChurch · protected 1921église Saint-Étienne (ancienne)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Zmiei · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
église Saint-Étienne (ancienne) · Photo: Zmiei · CC BY-SA 4.01historic monument
History of Marans · Monuments historiques
1 historic monument and a protected historic area since 2002
The ministry listed Marans’s monument in 1921. It dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Marans, all of them classé, France’s highest heritage protection.
Monuments historiques
1
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
21%
median compared town 7.4%
Protected area
Marans has had a protected historic area since 2002
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR75-18 | ZPPAUP July 24, 2002 | ZPPAUP (heritage zone rules) July 24, 2002 |
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 Marans’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Classé
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
1 monuments by protection
1 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
One classé monument in Marans
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 1 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Age of homes
21% of homes in Marans were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
21%
Before 1919
8.3%
1919–45
15%
1946–70
26%
1971–90
19%
1991–2005
11%
2006 on
MaransMedian compared French town
21% 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 (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Marans
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marans | 4,476 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay | 3,063 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Soulle | 5,034 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Marsilly | 3,176 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Xandre | 5,677 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer | 6,315 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Puilboreau | 6,765 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Marans in brief
Marans’s oldest monument, église Saint-Étienne (ancienne), dates from the 12th century. In all there are 1 historic monument, 1 of them classé, including église Saint-Étienne (ancienne). Of its homes, 21% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2002. The rest is about typical: it has one historic monument, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1); Nicolas Texier de La Boëssière (1723) was born here before 1900; and its only entry went on the list in 1921.
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 Marans
How many historic monuments are there in Marans?
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Marans: 1 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Marans are classé?
One: église Saint-Étienne (ancienne).
Is Marans a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Marans has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2002.
How old are the homes in Marans?
21% 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.