Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de la Couronne · Photo: JLPC · CC BY-SA 3.05 historic monuments, 3 classé
For every 10,000 residents La Couronne counts 6.4 monuments, more per resident than 76% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. La Couronne’s oldest monuments date from the 11th century. 4 of La Couronne’s monuments are in our photos.
median compared town 2.5
Monuments of La Couronne in pictures
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-Jean-BaptisteClassé
Château de l'OisellerieClassé
Moulin à papier de la CouradeInscrit+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.
Where La Couronne’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
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.
3 classé monuments in La Couronne
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 2 of the 3 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé2 inscrit monuments in La Couronne
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritHow old La Couronne’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
2 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste (11th & 12th c.).
3 people born in La Couronne before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in La Couronne Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
La Couronne has the 7th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 7,700 to 7,900 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 2. 12 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around La Couronne
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Couronne | 7,765 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Saint-Michel | 3,196 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe | 4,357 | 4 | 3 | — |
| Angoulême | 41,908 | 38 | 4 | Yes |
| Fléac | 3,861 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 7,539 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Soyaux | 10,087 | 2 | 0 | — |
La Couronne in brief
The record in La Couronne starts with Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, which dates from the 11th century. All told, the list holds 5 historic monuments, 3 of them classé. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 76% of compared French towns.
Only 6 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Jean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert (1820), Léonard Jarraud (1848) and Albert Goursaud (1899) were all born here before 1900. Beyond that, the list grew between 1903 and 2013; and 6.3% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 La Couronne
How many historic monuments are there in La Couronne?
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in La Couronne: 3 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in La Couronne are classé?
3, among them Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de la Couronne and Château de l'Oisellerie.
How old are the monuments of La Couronne?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
When were monuments in La Couronne first protected?
The first in 1903, the latest in 2013.
How old are the homes in La Couronne?
6.3% 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.