Chapelle de Notre-Dame de la Clarté · Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.012 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 12 historic monuments in Perros-Guirec: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 7 inscrit (the second level). That’s 16 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 93% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 9 of them.
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Perros-Guirec in 9 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Oratoire de Saint-Guirec, à Ploumanac'hClassé
Calvaire, à Ploumanac'h, dans l'enclos de la chapelle Saint-GuirecClassé
Église Saint-JacquesClassé
Manoir de Crec'h GuéganInscrit
Bâtiments et ouvrages défensifs de l'île aux Moines (archipel des Sept-Îles)Inscrit+4See 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 Perros-Guirec’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
3 of 10 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Dolmen à galerie, dans la partie Sud-Ouest de l'île de Bono (Prehistory). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
Where Perros-Guirec’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.
5 classé monuments in Perros-Guirec
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.
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Classé7 inscrit monuments in Perros-Guirec
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritChurches and religious buildings are the largest group in Perros-Guirec
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Religious buildings: 5 of 12 monuments (42%).
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
A protected historic area is on its way in Perros-Guirec
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR53-11 | ZPPAUP October 6, 1998 | 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.
Perros-Guirec’s list has grown since 1901
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1901: Église Saint-Jacques. 2 were protected in 1990 alone. 3 have been added since 2011.
Perros-Guirec has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 7,300 to 7,400 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 1. 8 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Perros-Guirec
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perros-Guirec | 7,336 | 12 | 5 | Yes |
| Trégastel | 2,524 | 7 | 4 | — |
| Louannec | 3,019 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Pleumeur-Bodou | 3,848 | 8 | 3 | — |
| Lannion | 20,315 | 31 | 8 | Yes |
| Trébeurden | 3,821 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Penvénan | 2,584 | 7 | 3 | — |
Perros-Guirec in brief
The record in Perros-Guirec starts with Dolmen à galerie, dans la partie Sud-Ouest de l'île de Bono, which dates from prehistory. In all there are 12 historic monuments, 5 of them classé, including Chapelle de Notre-Dame de la Clarté. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 93% of compared French towns. In 2020 the Mission Patrimoine picked Bâtiments et ouvrages défensifs de l'île aux Moines (archipel des Sept-Îles) as a monument in danger to save.
Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments. Of the 10 with a date, 6 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. The rest is about typical: Pierre Guéguen (1889) was born here before 1900; and 6.8% 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 Perros-Guirec
How many historic monuments are there in Perros-Guirec?
The Culture ministry lists 12 historic monuments in Perros-Guirec: 5 classé and 7 inscrit.
Which monuments in Perros-Guirec are classé?
5, among them Dolmen à galerie, dans la partie Sud-Ouest de l'île de Bono, Église Saint-Jacques, Oratoire de Saint-Guirec, à Ploumanac'h, Chapelle de Notre-Dame de la Clarté and Calvaire, à Ploumanac'h, dans l'enclos de la chapelle Saint-Guirec.
How old are the monuments of Perros-Guirec?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
Is Perros-Guirec a protected historic area?
One is on the way: a site patrimonial remarquable for Perros-Guirec is on the ministry’s list, but its rules are still being drawn up.
When were monuments in Perros-Guirec first protected?
The first in 1901, the latest in 2024.
How old are the homes in Perros-Guirec?
6.8% 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 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.