Dolmen de la Boucharderie · Photo: Germon · CC BY-SA 3.04 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Roullet-Saint-Estèphe: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). We have photos of 4 of them. The first listing in Roullet-Saint-Estèphe dates from 1840.
Monuments of Roullet-Saint-Estèphe in pictures
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-Cybard de RoulletClassé
Église Saint-EstèpheClassé
Domaine de la ForêtInscrit+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 Roullet-Saint-Estèphe’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 Roullet-Saint-Estèphe
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. Each card opens the monument’s page.
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ClasséOne inscrit monument in Roullet-Saint-Estèphe
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritRoullet-Saint-Estèphe has the 6th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,300 to 4,400 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 2. 12 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Roullet-Saint-Estèphe
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe | 4,357 | 4 | 3 | — |
| La Couronne | 7,765 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente | 3,550 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Saint-Michel | 3,196 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Fléac | 3,861 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Angoulême | 41,908 | 38 | 4 | Yes |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 7,539 | 0 | 0 | — |
Roullet-Saint-Estèphe in brief
Roullet-Saint-Estèphe’s oldest monument, Dolmen de la Boucharderie, dates from prehistory. All told, the list holds 4 historic monuments, 3 of them classé. Only 5 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1840 and 1992; and 11% 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 Roullet-Saint-Estèphe
How many historic monuments are there in Roullet-Saint-Estèphe?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Roullet-Saint-Estèphe: 3 classé and 1 inscrit.
Which monuments in Roullet-Saint-Estèphe are classé?
3, among them Dolmen de la Boucharderie, Église Saint-Estèphe and Église Saint-Cybard de Roullet.
How old are the homes in Roullet-Saint-Estèphe?
11% 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) · 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.