ClasséBridge · protected 1988Pont suspendu et anciens pavillons à péagePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Serge Lacotte · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pont suspendu et anciens pavillons à péage · Photo: Serge Lacotte · CC BY-SA 3.01historic monument
History of Tonnay-Charente · Monuments historiques
1 historic monument, 1 classé
The monument in Tonnay-Charente went on the list in 1988. It dates from the 19th century.
Monuments historiques
1
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Oldest part
19th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Tonnay-Charente’s 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 Tonnay-Charente
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
13% of homes in Tonnay-Charente were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
7.1%
1919–45
17%
1946–70
24%
1971–90
18%
1991–2005
21%
2006 on
Tonnay-CharenteMedian compared French town
13% 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 (24%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Tonnay-Charente before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Louis Jacob
René Berton
Marguerite Delage
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LJ
Louis Jacob1768–1854 · French admiral
RB
René Berton1872–1934 · French physician
MD
Marguerite Delage1887–1936 · French sculptor
Everyone born in Tonnay-Charente Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Tonnay-Charente
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Rochefort | 23,460 | 19 | 10 | Yes |
| Échillais | 3,765 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Soubise | 3,316 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Agnant | 2,780 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Fouras | 4,148 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 4,677 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Tonnay-Charente in brief
Old houses are part of Tonnay-Charente’s character: 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. All told, the list holds 1 historic monument, 1 of them classé, including Pont suspendu et anciens pavillons à péage. Louis Jacob (1768), René Berton (1872) and Marguerite Delage (1887) were all born here before 1900. The oldest, Pont suspendu et anciens pavillons à péage, dates from the 19th century. The rest is about typical: it has one historic monument, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1); and its only entry went on the list in 1988.
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 Tonnay-Charente
How many historic monuments are there in Tonnay-Charente?
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Tonnay-Charente: 1 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Tonnay-Charente are classé?
One: Pont suspendu et anciens pavillons à péage.
How old are the homes in Tonnay-Charente?
13% 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.