Ancienne prison · Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.016 historic monuments, more per resident than 96% of compared French towns
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2019. The Culture ministry lists 16 historic monuments in Guingamp: 6 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 10 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 13th century. We have photos of 15 of them.
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Guingamp in 15 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancien monastère des religieuses hospitalières, puis ancien hospice, actuel hôtel de villeClassé
Fontaine dite la Pompe, ou fontaine la PloméeClassé
Maison du 16e siècleClassé
Maison du 16e siècleClassé
Église Notre-Dame du Bon-SecoursClassé+10See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Guingamp has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 7,000 to 7,200 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 2. 10 of the 41 have none.
Where Guingamp’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.
6 classé monuments in Guingamp
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 2 of the 6 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé10 inscrit monuments in Guingamp
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritMost of Guingamp’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 9 of 16 monuments (56%). 4 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old Guingamp’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
3 of 14 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours (13th–16th c.). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
Guingamp has had a protected historic area since 2019
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR53-04 | AVAP November 12, 2019 | AVAP (heritage area rules) November 12, 2019 |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
5 of Guingamp’s monuments were protected in 1926
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1902: Fontaine dite la Pompe, ou fontaine la Plomée. 5 were protected in 1926 alone. 1 has been added since 2011.
15 people born in Guingamp before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Guingamp Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Historic monuments in the towns around Guingamp
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guingamp | 7,111 | 16 | 6 | Yes |
| Pabu | 2,771 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grâces | 2,601 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Ploumagoar | 5,414 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat | 3,974 | 3 | 2 | Yes |
| Bégard | 4,889 | 6 | 2 | — |
| Plélo | 3,344 | 1 | 0 | — |
Guingamp in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Guingamp: per resident it has more than 96% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 16 historic monuments, 6 of them classé, including Ancienne prison. Its classé monuments cluster together: 6 of them stand within 400 m of Ancien monastère des religieuses hospitalières, puis ancien hospice, actuel hôtel de ville. Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments.
Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2019. Most entries on the list, 56%, are houses and homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 10 of 14. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 9.8% 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 Guingamp
How many historic monuments are there in Guingamp?
The Culture ministry lists 16 historic monuments in Guingamp: 6 classé and 10 inscrit.
Which monuments in Guingamp are classé?
6, among them Église Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours, Fontaine dite la Pompe, ou fontaine la Plomée, Maison du 16e siècle, Maison du 16e siècle, Ancien monastère des religieuses hospitalières, puis ancien hospice, actuel hôtel de ville and Ancienne prison.
How old are the monuments of Guingamp?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
Is Guingamp a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Guingamp has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2019.
When were monuments in Guingamp first protected?
The first in 1902, the latest in 2021.
How old are the homes in Guingamp?
9.8% 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.