ClasséHouse · protected 1944Maison, 51 rue Armand-BrunetPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Croquant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ateliers Célestin Gérard, devenus Société française de matériel agricole et industriel, puis usine Case · Photo: Croquant · CC BY-SA 4.012historic monuments
History of Vierzon · Monuments historiques
12 historic monuments, 2 classé
For every 10,000 residents Vierzon counts 4.8 monuments, more per resident than 68% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. 7 of Vierzon’s monuments are in our photos. Vierzon’s oldest monuments date from the 12th century.
Monuments historiques
12
4.8 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
10
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
9.2%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Vierzon in 7 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
MaisonClassé
Usines de porcelaine Gaucher et Vincent-BlinInscrit
Maison à pans de boisInscrit
Maison à pans de boisInscrit
BeffroiInscrit+2See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Vierzon’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
12 monuments by protection
2 Classé10 Inscrit
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
2 classé monuments in Vierzon
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 2 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Home · protected 1996Jardin de l'Abbaye, dit aussi square Lucien Beaufrère
Inscrit
10 inscrit monuments in Vierzon
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
InscritHouse · protected 1971Maison à pans de boisPart of the building is protectedPhoto: GrandEscogriffe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1971Maison à pans de boisPart of the building is protectedPhoto: GrandEscogriffe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritIndustrial building · protected 1999Ateliers Célestin Gérard, devenus Société française de matériel agricole et industriel, puis usine CasePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Croquant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritIndustrial building · protected 1999Usines de porcelaine Gaucher et Vincent-BlinPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Croquant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritPublic building · protected 1926Beffroi, rue du ChâteauPhoto: Flourens13 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Home · protected 1971Maison, dite logis des MonnayeursPart of the building is protected
House · protected 1972Maison, dite logis Saint-JeanPart of the building is protected
Château · protected 1975Château de la NouePart of the building is protected
Manor house · protected 1950Manoir de la GaillardièrePart of the building is protected
What’s protected
Most of Vierzon’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes8
Industrial2
Religious buildings1
Public & civic1
Houses & homes: 8 of 12 monuments (67%). 1 is a religious building.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old Vierzon’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.7
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution2
19th century 1801–19002
20th century and later since 19011
7 of 12 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Notre-Dame (12th–15th c.).
When protected
3 of Vierzon’s monuments were protected in 1971
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1926: Église Notre-Dame. 3 were protected in 1971 alone. None has been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
10 people born in Vierzon before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle
Félix Pyat
Édouard Vaillant
Jean Dormoy
Maurice Mac-Nab
Émile Péraudin
Amélie Juliette Milan
Claire Prélia
Ernest Bourbon
Raoul Breton
175017751800182518501875190019251950
AF
Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle1794–1863 · French lawyer, journalist and playwright
FP
Félix Pyat1810–1889 · French Socialist journalist and politician
ÉV
Édouard Vaillant1840–1915 · politician
JD
Jean Dormoy1851–1898 · French politician
MM
Maurice Mac-Nab1856–1889 · French chansonnier, poet and writer
ÉP
Émile Péraudin1865–1935 · French politician
AJ
Amélie Juliette Milan1872–1932 · French writer
CP
Claire Prélia1879–1965 · French actor
Everyone born in Vierzon Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Vierzon
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vierzon | 25,068 | 12 | 2 | — |
| Méreau | 2,632 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre | 6,380 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Salbris Loir-et-Cher | 4,809 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher | 2,678 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny | 2,546 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Doulchard | 9,647 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Vierzon in brief
Église Notre-Dame, from the 12th century, is the oldest monument in Vierzon. All told, the list holds 12 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. Most entries on the list, 67%, are houses and homes.
Of the 12 with a date, 7 come from the Middle Ages. Of the 10 people born here before 1900, the best known include Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle (1794), Félix Pyat (1810) and Édouard Vaillant (1840). Beyond that, it has 12 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 4); per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and 9.2% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Vierzon
How many historic monuments are there in Vierzon?
The Culture ministry lists 12 historic monuments in Vierzon: 2 classé and 10 inscrit.
Which monuments in Vierzon are classé?
2, among them Jardin de l'Abbaye, dit aussi square Lucien Beaufrère.
How old are the monuments of Vierzon?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Vierzon first protected?
The first in 1926, the latest in 1999.
How old are the homes in Vierzon?
9.2% 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.