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Église Saint-Maurice, et croix du cimetièreÉglise Saint-Maurice, et croix du cimetière · Photo: Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History of Darnets · Monuments historiques

3 historic monuments, 1 classé

Since 1923, Darnets has had a listed monument. Darnets’s oldest monuments date from the 10th century.

Monuments historiques
3
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
36%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures

Monuments of Darnets in pictures

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.

Map

Where Darnets’ monuments stand

Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.

Château du Lieuteret · Inscrit · 15th–17th c.Croix de chemin · Inscrit · Middle AgesÉglise Saint-Maurice, et croix du cimetière · Classé · 12th & 15th c.
ClasséInscrit

Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.

3 monuments by protection
1 Classé2 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

One classé monument in Darnets

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.

Inscrit

2 inscrit monuments in Darnets

Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.

Age of homes

36% of homes in Darnets were built before 1919

Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).

36%
Before 1919
6.2%
1919–45
5.5%
1946–70
29%
1971–90
11%
1991–2005
12%
2006 on
DarnetsMedian compared French town

36% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (36%).

INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.

Neighbors

Historic monuments in the towns around Darnets

TownResidentsMonumentsClasséProtected area
Darnets30331—
Égletons4,34130—
Ussel9,18780—
Mauriac Cantal3,44963Yes
In brief

Darnets in brief

The record in Darnets starts with Croix de chemin, which dates from the 10th century. In all there are 3 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Église Saint-Maurice, et croix du cimetière. Its housing is old: 36% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In 2022 the Mission Patrimoine picked Château du Lieuteret as a monument in danger to save. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1923 and 1969.

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 Darnets

How many historic monuments are there in Darnets?

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Darnets: 1 classé and 2 inscrit.

Which monuments in Darnets are classé?

One: Église Saint-Maurice, et croix du cimetière.

How old are the homes in Darnets?

36% 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 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.