ClasséStanding stone · protected 1965Menhir de KervéniouPhoto: Barbetorte · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sépultures néolithiques · Photo: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.07historic monuments
History of Penvénan · Monuments historiques
7 historic monuments, more per resident than 97% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Penvénan: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from prehistory. We have photos of 5 of them.
Monuments historiques
7
27 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
12%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Penvénan in 5 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Menhir de KervéniouClassé
Chapelle de Port-BlancClassé
Manoir de KerbelvenInscrit
Menhir de KerbelvenInscrit+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.
Towns its size
Penvénan has the 4th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 2,600 to 2,600 residents, by historic monuments.
Penvénan7
#4 of 41for monuments per resident (27 per 10,000). Most per resident: Josselin, Le Palais and Clairac.
The median town of these has 1. 14 of the 41 have none.
Map
Where Penvénan’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.
7 monuments by protection
3 Classé4 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
3 classé monuments in Penvénan
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 3 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséArchaeological site · protected 1936Sépultures néolithiquesPhoto: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChapel · protected 1936Chapelle de Port-BlancPart of the building is protectedPhoto: timtom.ch · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Penvénan
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritStanding stone · protected 1970Menhir de KerbelvenPhoto: Barbetorte · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritManor house · protected 1970Manoir de KerbelvenPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Crepi22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Manor house · protected 2023Manoir de Pellinec et son jardinPart of the building is protected
Standing stone · protected 1964Menhir de Kerbelven
How old
How old Penvénan’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.3
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.1
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution1
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
4 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Menhir de Kerbelven (Prehistory). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
Age of homes
12% of homes in Penvénan were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
12%
Before 1919
6.7%
1919–45
16%
1946–70
25%
1971–90
19%
1991–2005
20%
2006 on
PenvénanMedian 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 (25%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Penvénan
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penvénan | 2,584 | 7 | 3 | — |
| Louannec | 3,019 | 2 | 0 | — |
| La Roche-Jaudy | 2,629 | 4 | 1 | Yes |
| Perros-Guirec | 7,336 | 12 | 5 | Yes |
| Lannion | 20,315 | 31 | 8 | Yes |
| Trégastel | 2,524 | 7 | 4 | — |
| Pleumeur-Bodou | 3,848 | 8 | 3 | — |
In brief
Penvénan in brief
Menhir de Kerbelven, from prehistory, is the oldest monument in Penvénan. All told, the list holds 7 historic monuments, 3 of them classé, including Sépultures néolithiques. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 97% of compared French towns. Of its homes, 12% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Only 3 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 5 with a date, 3 come from prehistory or Antiquity. The rest is about typical: most entries are tombs and cemeteries; Yves Le Cozannet (1898) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1936 and 2023.
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 Penvénan
How many historic monuments are there in Penvénan?
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Penvénan: 3 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Penvénan are classé?
3, among them Menhir de Kervéniou, Sépultures néolithiques and Chapelle de Port-Blanc.
How old are the monuments of Penvénan?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
When were monuments in Penvénan first protected?
The first in 1936, the latest in 2023.
How old are the homes in Penvénan?
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 8, 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.