Château · Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Philipendula (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY 2.58 historic monuments, 2 classé
For every 10,000 residents Crest counts 9.2 monuments, more per resident than 84% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. The oldest monuments in Crest date from the 10th century. We have photos of 8 of Crest’s monuments.
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Crest in 8 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-SauveurClassé
Maison de la PosteInscrit
Chapelle de la Visitation (ancienne) , actuellement chapelle de l'hôpitalInscrit
Chapelle des Cordeliers (ancienne)Inscrit
Ecole maternelleInscrit+3See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Where Crest’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. 4 monuments have no point on the map.
2 classé monuments in Crest
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 2 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé6 inscrit monuments in Crest
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritHow old Crest’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
1 of 8 dated monuments has parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Chapelle des Cordeliers (ancienne) (16th c.).
18% of homes in Crest were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
18% 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 (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
13 people born in Crest before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Crest Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Crest has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 8,600 to 8,800 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 2. 8 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Crest
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crest | 8,658 | 8 | 2 | — |
| Aouste-sur-Sye | 2,733 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Allex | 2,698 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Montmeyran | 2,960 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Livron-sur-Drôme | 9,329 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône | 5,468 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence | 4,337 | 3 | 1 | — |
Crest in brief
Old houses are part of Crest’s character: 18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In all there are 8 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 84% of compared French towns. In 2018 the Mission Patrimoine picked Chapelle des Cordeliers (ancienne) as a monument in danger to save.
Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 8 with a date, 5 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. Antoine Digonet (1763), Maurice Long (1866) and Jean-Charles-Antoine Curnier (1751) are among the 13 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most entries are houses and homes; and the list grew between 1877 and 1986.
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 Crest
How many historic monuments are there in Crest?
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Crest: 2 classé and 6 inscrit.
Which monuments in Crest are classé?
2, among them Église Saint-Sauveur.
How old are the monuments of Crest?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 10th century.
When were monuments in Crest first protected?
The first in 1877, the latest in 1986.
How old are the homes in Crest?
18% 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.