Halle centrale · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.030 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1995
The Culture ministry lists 30 historic monuments in Monpazier: 19 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 11 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 10th century. We have photos of 30 of them.
Monpazier in 30 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. 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.
Monpazier has 2 protected historic areas
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
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| SPR75-67 | ZPPAUP November 6, 1995 | ZPPAUP (heritage zone rules) November 6, 1995 |
| SPR75-68 | Secteur sauvegardé April 9, 1990 | PSMV (safeguarding plan) February 18, 2002 |
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. A PSMV (plan de sauvegarde et de mise en valeur) is the strictest plan: it covers every building, inside as well as out.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
Where Monpazier’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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
19 classé monuments in Monpazier
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 17 of the 19 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé11 inscrit monuments in Monpazier
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritMost of Monpazier’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 23 of 30 monuments (77%). 1 is a religious building, 1 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 2 have no domain on the list.
15 of Monpazier’s monuments were protected in 1904
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1862: Église Saint-Dominique. 15 were protected in 1904 alone. None has been added since 2011.
36% of homes in Monpazier were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
36% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (36%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
3 people born in Monpazier before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Monpazier Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Historic monuments in the towns around Monpazier
Monpazier in brief
Monpazier has 30 historic monuments, 19 of them classé, including Halle centrale. Its housing is old: 36% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Its classé monuments cluster together: 19 of them stand within 400 m of Église Saint-Dominique. Parts of it lie in 2 sites patrimoniaux remarquables, the first protected in 1995.
Most entries on the list, 77%, are houses and homes. Jean-Baptiste Lamouroux de La Roque-Cusson (1736), Henri Eugène Calvel (1848) and Jean Galmot (1879) were all born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: most dated ones come from the Middle Ages.
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 Monpazier
How many historic monuments are there in Monpazier?
The Culture ministry lists 30 historic monuments in Monpazier: 19 classé and 11 inscrit.
Which monuments in Monpazier are classé?
19, among them Halle centrale and Église Saint-Dominique.
How old are the monuments of Monpazier?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 10th century.
Is Monpazier a protected historic area?
Yes: Monpazier has 2 sites patrimoniaux remarquables, the first since 1995.
When were monuments in Monpazier first protected?
The first in 1862, the latest in 1962.
How old are the homes in Monpazier?
36% 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.