ClasséTown house · protected 1926Ancien Hôtel des Moneyroux, appelé improprement ancien château des Comtes de la Marche, actuellement siège du Conseil généralPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Mattderu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Théâtre municipal · Photo: Bnico · CC BY-SA 3.04historic monuments
History of Guéret · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, 1 classé
Protection in Guéret began in 1926. The oldest monuments in Guéret date from the 15th century. We have photos of 3 of Guéret’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
15th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
6.3%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Guéret in pictures
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancien Hôtel des Moneyroux, appelé improprement ancien château des Comtes de la Marche, actuellement siège du Conseil généralClassé
Ancien PrésidialInscritPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Guéret’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.
Classé
One classé monument in Guéret
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 1 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Inscrit
3 inscrit monuments in Guéret
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritPublic building · protected 1934Ancien PrésidialPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Mattderu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 2021Maison « Rocaille »
Born before 1900
21 people born in Guéret before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
Barthélemy-François-Joseph Mouffle d'Angerville
Philippe-Sylvain Tournyol-Duclos
Jean-Baptiste Meusnier-Dubreuil
Étienne Tournyol de La Rodde
Jean Dissandes-Moulevade
Jean-Baptiste Voysin de Gartempe
Léonard André Tixier de La Chapelle
André Leyraud
Jean-Marie Allègre
Jean-François Bonnafoux
Joseph-Edmond Fayolle
Pierre de Cessac
Louis Étienne Delille
Étienne de Saint-Martin
Paul Laroche
Léonce Manouvrier
Hippolyte Simonet
Pierre Bouchardon
Albert Dauzat
Ernest Dalby
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AD
Albert Dauzat1877–1955 · French linguist
BF
Barthélemy-François-Joseph Mouffle d'Angerville1728–1795 · French journalist
PS
Philippe-Sylvain Tournyol-Duclos1729–1803 · French politician
JB
Jean-Baptiste Meusnier-Dubreuil1754–1795 · French politician
ÉT
Étienne Tournyol de La Rodde1758–1855 · French politician
JD
Jean Dissandes-Moulevade1759– · French politician
JB
Jean-Baptiste Voysin de Gartempe1759–1840 · French politician
LA
Léonard André Tixier de La Chapelle1765–1832 · French politician
Everyone born in Guéret Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Guéret has the 10th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 12,600 to 13,300 residents, by historic monuments.
Guéret4
The median town of these has 2. 8 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Guéret
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guéret | 12,955 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Sainte-Feyre | 2,566 | 3 | 1 | — |
In brief
Guéret in brief
The official list counts 4 historic monuments in Guéret, 1 of them classé, including Ancien Hôtel des Moneyroux, appelé improprement ancien château des Comtes de la Marche, actuellement siège du Conseil général. In 2018 the Mission Patrimoine picked Théâtre municipal as a monument in danger to save. Only 9 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Albert Dauzat (1877), Barthélemy-François-Joseph Mouffle d'Angerville (1728) and Philippe-Sylvain Tournyol-Duclos (1729) are among the 21 people born here before 1900. The oldest is Ancien Hôtel des Moneyroux, appelé improprement ancien château des Comtes de la Marche, actuellement siège du Conseil général, from the 15th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1926 and 2021; and 6.3% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Guéret
How many historic monuments are there in Guéret?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Guéret: 1 classé and 3 inscrit.
Which monuments in Guéret are classé?
One: Ancien Hôtel des Moneyroux, appelé improprement ancien château des Comtes de la Marche, actuellement siège du Conseil général.
How old are the homes in Guéret?
6.3% 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.