InscritChapel · protected 1969Chapelle de La BruyèrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chapelle de La Bruyère · Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.03historic monuments
History of Merdrignac · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, none of them classé
Since 1968, Merdrignac has had a listed monument. Merdrignac’s monuments include Chapelle de La Bruyère and Manoir du Vieux Bourg, ou maison dite le château de Merdrignac. The oldest date from the 17th century. We have photos of 3 of them.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
17th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
12%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Merdrignac 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 Merdrignac’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Inscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
3 monuments by protection
3 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.
Inscrit
3 inscrit monuments in Merdrignac
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritManor house · protected 1990Manoir du Vieux Bourg, ou maison dite le château de MerdrignacPhoto: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChâteau · protected 1968Château de La BruyèrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Age of homes
12% of homes in Merdrignac were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
12%
Before 1919
9.5%
1919–45
17%
1946–70
32%
1971–90
17%
1991–2005
13%
2006 on
MerdrignacMedian compared French town
12% 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 (32%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Towns its size
Merdrignac has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,100 to 3,200 residents, by historic monuments.
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The median town of these has 1. 12 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Merdrignac
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merdrignac | 3,139 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Le Mené | 6,556 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Plémet | 3,764 | 6 | 0 | — |
| Mauron Morbihan | 3,163 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Méen-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine | 4,653 | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Broons | 2,943 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Plénée-Jugon | 2,579 | 3 | 3 | — |
In brief
Merdrignac in brief
Old houses are part of Merdrignac’s character: 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In all there are 3 historic monuments, including Chapelle de La Bruyère. Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. The oldest is Chapelle de La Bruyère, from the 17th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Pierre Boisson (1894) and Louis Guillois (1872) were born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1968 and 1990.
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 Merdrignac
How many historic monuments are there in Merdrignac?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Merdrignac: 3 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Merdrignac?
12% 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.