Église Notre-Dame · Photo: Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.023 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up. The Culture ministry lists 23 historic monuments in Lamballe-Armor: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 15 inscrit (the second level). That’s 13 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 90% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 22 of them.
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Lamballe-Armor in 22 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-MartinClassé
Site mégalithique de la Lande du GrasClassé
Allée couverte du Chêne-HutClassé
Ancien manoir de VaujoyeuxClassé
Église Saint-GobrienClassé+17See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
How old Lamballe-Armor’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
9 of 19 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Allée couverte du Chêne-Hut (Prehistory). 4 monuments have no date on the list.
Where Lamballe-Armor’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.
8 classé monuments in Lamballe-Armor
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 4 of the 8 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé15 inscrit monuments in Lamballe-Armor
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 14, A to Z
4 more, named only by their kind
4 more are named in the list only by their kind: 3 houses (maisons) and 1 other, most from the 17th century. The 3 with an address are in the list above, by it.
Most of Lamballe-Armor’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 12 of 23 monuments (52%). 6 are religious buildings, 3 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
A protected historic area is on its way in Lamballe-Armor
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR53-06 | ZPPAUP January 30, 2002 | Still being drawn up |
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.
Lamballe-Armor’s list has grown since 1848
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1848: Église Notre-Dame. 4 were protected in 1926 alone. 2 have been added since 2011.
8 people born in Lamballe-Armor before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Lamballe-Armor Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Lamballe-Armor has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 16,600 to 17,900 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 3. 4 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Lamballe-Armor
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamballe-Armor | 17,241 | 23 | 8 | Yes |
| Hillion | 4,335 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Yffiniac | 5,074 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Quessoy | 3,969 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Pléneuf-Val-André | 3,988 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Langueux | 7,939 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Plénée-Jugon | 2,579 | 3 | 3 | — |
Lamballe-Armor in brief
Allée couverte du Chêne-Hut, from prehistory, is the oldest monument in Lamballe-Armor. All told, the list holds 23 historic monuments, 8 of them classé. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 90% of compared French towns. Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments.
Most entries on the list, 52%, are houses and homes. Marie de Luxembourg (1562), Mathurin Méheut (1882) and Guillaume Guéguen (1450) are among the 8 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 10% 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 Lamballe-Armor
How many historic monuments are there in Lamballe-Armor?
The Culture ministry lists 23 historic monuments in Lamballe-Armor: 8 classé and 15 inscrit.
Which monuments in Lamballe-Armor are classé?
8, among them Allée couverte du Chêne-Hut, Menhir de Guihallon, Site mégalithique de la Lande du Gras, Église Saint-Martin, Église Notre-Dame and Église Saint-Gobrien.
How old are the monuments of Lamballe-Armor?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
Is Lamballe-Armor a protected historic area?
One is on the way: a site patrimonial remarquable for Lamballe-Armor is on the ministry’s list, but its rules are still being drawn up.
When were monuments in Lamballe-Armor first protected?
The first in 1848, the latest in 2015.
How old are the homes in Lamballe-Armor?
10% 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 9, 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.