InscritChâteau · protected 1984ChâteauPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.01historic monument
History of Nontron · Monuments historiques
1 historic monument and a protected historic area since 1991
The ministry listed Nontron’s monument in 1984. It dates from the 18th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Nontron, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Monuments historiques
1
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
18th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
Protected area
Nontron has had a protected historic area since 1991
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR75-69 | ZPPAUP December 18, 1991 | ZPPAUP (heritage zone rules) December 18, 1991 |
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.
Map
Where Nontron’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Inscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
1 monuments by protection
1 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.
Inscrit
One inscrit monument in Nontron
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Age of homes
13% of homes in Nontron were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
9.8%
1919–45
27%
1946–70
29%
1971–90
12%
1991–2005
8.2%
2006 on
NontronMedian compared French town
13% 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.
Born before 1900
10 people born in Nontron before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Pierre-François Chabaneau
Pierre Michel Grolier-Desbrousses
Thomas Dusolier
Jean-Jacques Jollivet
Jules de Verneilh
Camille Chabaneau
Alcide Dusolier
Henri Pastoureau
Antonin Debidour
Alfred Lavergne
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PF
Pierre-François Chabaneau1754–1842 · chemist
PM
Pierre Michel Grolier-Desbrousses1796–1857 · French politician
TD
Thomas Dusolier1799–1877 · French politician
JJ
Jean-Jacques Jollivet1801–1854 · French politician
JV
Jules de Verneilh1823–1899 · French drawer
CC
Camille Chabaneau1831–1908 · French Romance philologist and felibre
AD
Alcide Dusolier1836–1918 · French politician, journalist and writer
HP
Henri Pastoureau1840–1900 · French politician
Everyone born in Nontron Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Nontron
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nontron | 3,057 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Brantôme en Périgord | 3,763 | 20 | 6 | Yes |
| Thiviers | 2,876 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
In brief
Nontron in brief
Old houses are part of Nontron’s character: 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. All told, the list holds 1 historic monument. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1991. Pierre-François Chabaneau (1754), Pierre Michel Grolier-Desbrousses (1796) and Thomas Dusolier (1799) are among the 10 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has one historic monument, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1); and its only entry went on the list in 1984.
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 Nontron
How many historic monuments are there in Nontron?
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Nontron: 1 inscrit, none classé.
Is Nontron a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Nontron has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1991.
How old are the homes in Nontron?
13% 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.