ClasséChâteau · protected 1996Propriété de la DurbelièrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Fvr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Propriété de la Durbelière · Photo: Fvr · CC BY-SA 3.010historic monuments
History of Mauléon · Monuments historiques
10 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2021. The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Mauléon: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). That’s 12 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 88% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 6 of them.
Monuments historiques
10
12 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
6
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
17%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Mauléon in 6 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Manoir de Saint-JouinInscrit
Église Saint-JouinInscrit
Église de Saint-Amand-sur-SèvreInscrit
ChâteauInscrit
Chapelle Saint-JosephInscrit+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.
How old
How old Mauléon’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.2
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.4
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution3
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
6 of 9 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Roches gravées (Prehistory). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Map
Where Mauléon’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.
10 monuments by protection
4 Classé6 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
4 classé monuments in Mauléon
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 2 of the 4 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Funerary monument · protected 1982Roches gravéesPart of the building is protected
Château · protected 2001Domaine du château de la Blandinière
Monument · protected 1945Polissoir
Inscrit
6 inscrit monuments in Mauléon
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1926Église de Saint-Amand-sur-SèvrePhoto: Domi Parvaud · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritManor house · protected 2006Manoir de Saint-JouinPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritChâteau · protected 1943Château de la Coudraie-NoyersPart of the building is protected
What’s protected
Most of Mauléon’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes5
Religious buildings3
Tombs & cemeteries1
Houses & homes: 5 of 10 monuments (50%). 3 are religious buildings.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
Protected area
Mauléon has had a protected historic area since 2021
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR75-158 | AVAP November 9, 2021 | AVAP (heritage area rules) November 9, 2021 |
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.
When protected
Mauléon’s list has grown since 1926
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1926: Église de Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre. 1 has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
17% of homes in Mauléon were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
17%
Before 1919
6.6%
1919–45
15%
1946–70
29%
1971–90
17%
1991–2005
16%
2006 on
MauléonMedian compared French town
17% 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 (29%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Towns its size
Mauléon has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 8,500 to 8,700 residents, by historic monuments.
Mauléon10
#2 of 41for monuments per resident (12 per 10,000). Most per resident: Uzès, Mauléon and Crest.
The median town of these has 2. 7 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Mauléon
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauléon | 8,573 | 10 | 4 | Yes |
| Maulévrier Maine-et-Loire | 3,172 | 2 | 1 | — |
| La Tessoualle Maine-et-Loire | 3,167 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre Vendée | 3,550 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Les Epesses Vendée | 2,983 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Nueil-les-Aubiers | 5,483 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Sèvremont Vendée | 6,385 | 7 | 0 | — |
In brief
Mauléon in brief
Roches gravées, from prehistory, is the oldest monument in Mauléon. All told, the list holds 10 historic monuments, 4 of them classé, including Propriété de la Durbelière. Its housing is old: 17% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 88% of compared French towns.
In 2018 the Mission Patrimoine picked Propriété de la Durbelière as a monument in danger to save. Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2021.
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 Mauléon
How many historic monuments are there in Mauléon?
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Mauléon: 4 classé and 6 inscrit.
Which monuments in Mauléon are classé?
4, among them Roches gravées, Domaine du château de la Blandinière and Propriété de la Durbelière.
How old are the monuments of Mauléon?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
Is Mauléon a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Mauléon has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2021.
When were monuments in Mauléon first protected?
The first in 1926, the latest in 2018.
How old are the homes in Mauléon?
17% 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) · 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.