ClasséChurch · protected 1965Ancienne église, actuellement chapelle Sainte-EutropePhoto: NegroTruc · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château de la Motte-Basse · Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.04historic monuments
History of Le Mené · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, 1 classé
Le Mené’s first monument was protected in 1949. The oldest monuments in Le Mené date from the 16th century. We have photos of 4 of Le Mené’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
16th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
18%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Le Mené in pictures
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancienne église, actuellement chapelle Sainte-EutropeClassé
Château du ParcInscrit
Maison à porte à frontonInscrit+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.
Map
Where Le Mené’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.
4 monuments by protection
1 Classé3 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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Classé
One classé monument in Le Mené
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
3 inscrit monuments in Le Mené
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChâteau · protected 1949Château du ParcPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1964Maison à porte à frontonPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChâteau · protected 1975Château de la Motte-BassePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Age of homes
18% of homes in Le Mené were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
18%
Before 1919
12%
1919–45
16%
1946–70
27%
1971–90
13%
1991–2005
14%
2006 on
Le MenéMedian compared French town
18% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (27%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Towns its size
Le Mené has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 6,500 to 6,600 residents, by historic monuments.
Le Mené4
The median town of these has 1. 11 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Le Mené
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mené | 6,556 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Plénée-Jugon | 2,579 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Plémet | 3,764 | 6 | 0 | — |
| Merdrignac | 3,139 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Quessoy | 3,969 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage | 4,103 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Jugon-les-Lacs | 2,541 | 3 | 0 | Yes |
In brief
Le Mené in brief
Old houses are part of Le Mené’s character: 18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In all there are 4 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Ancienne église, actuellement chapelle Sainte-Eutrope. Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. The oldest is Ancienne église, actuellement chapelle Sainte-Eutrope, from the 16th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Pierre Ruello (1734) and Pierre-Charles Langlais (1847) were born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1949 and 1975.
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 Le Mené
How many historic monuments are there in Le Mené?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Le Mené: 1 classé and 3 inscrit.
Which monuments in Le Mené are classé?
One: Ancienne église, actuellement chapelle Sainte-Eutrope.
How old are the homes in Le Mené?
18% 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.