ClasséStanding stone · protected 1977Menhirs de la Haute-BornePhoto: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: vinbaron · CC BY-SA 4.06historic monuments
History of Brunoy · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2019. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Brunoy: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). That’s 2.3 for every 10,000 residents; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 6 of them.
Monuments historiques
6
2.3 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
5
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
6.6%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Brunoy in 6 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Menhirs de la Haute-BorneClassé
Menhirs de la propriété Talma, dits la femme et la fille de LothClassé
Pont de PerronetClassé
Église Saint-MédardClassé
ObélisqueClassé+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 Brunoy’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.0
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution3
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
2 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Menhirs de la Haute-Borne (Prehistory). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Map
Where Brunoy’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Église Saint-Médard
3 of 5classé monuments stand within 400 m of Église Saint-Médard, with 3 of the town’s 6 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
6 monuments by protection
5 Classé1 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
5 classé monuments in Brunoy
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséStanding stone · protected 1889Menhirs de la propriété Talma, dits la femme et la fille de LothPhoto: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséBridge · protected 1991Pont de PerronetPhoto: Original téléversé par Vinbaron sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséInscrit
One inscrit monument in Brunoy
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritProtected area
Brunoy has had a protected historic area since 2019
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR11-34 | AVAP February 15, 2019 | AVAP (heritage area rules) February 15, 2019 |
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.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Brunoy before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Numance Bouel
Jeanne Grumbach
Marguerite Delaroche
1800182518501875190019251950
NB
Numance Bouel1824–1884 · French painter
JG
Jeanne Grumbach1871–1947 · French actress
MD
Marguerite Delaroche1873–1963 · French painter
Everyone born in Brunoy Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Brunoy
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunoy | 25,643 | 6 | 5 | Yes |
| Épinay-sous-Sénart | 11,611 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Yerres | 27,906 | 5 | 2 | — |
| Boussy-Saint-Antoine | 8,097 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Mandres-les-Roses Val-de-Marne | 4,922 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Villecresnes Val-de-Marne | 11,647 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Périgny Val-de-Marne | 2,724 | 3 | 1 | — |
In brief
Brunoy in brief
The record in Brunoy starts with Menhirs de la Haute-Borne, which dates from prehistory. All told, the list holds 6 historic monuments, 5 of them classé, including Menhirs de la Haute-Borne. Its classé monuments cluster together: 3 of them stand within 400 m of Église Saint-Médard. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2019.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 3 of 5. Numance Bouel (1824), Jeanne Grumbach (1871) and Marguerite Delaroche (1873) were all born here before 1900. Beyond that, most entries are tombs and cemeteries; it has 6 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 4); and per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns.
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 Brunoy
How many historic monuments are there in Brunoy?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Brunoy: 5 classé and 1 inscrit.
Which monuments in Brunoy are classé?
5, among them Menhirs de la Haute-Borne, Menhirs de la propriété Talma, dits la femme et la fille de Loth, Pont de Perronet and Église Saint-Médard.
How old are the monuments of Brunoy?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
Is Brunoy a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Brunoy has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2019.
When were monuments in Brunoy first protected?
The first in 1889, the latest in 1991.
How old are the homes in Brunoy?
6.6% 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.