ClasséAbbey · protected 1883Ancienne abbaye Saint-FlorentinPhoto: Roland45 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancienne abbaye Saint-Florentin · Photo: Roland45 · CC BY-SA 3.010historic monuments
History of Bonneval · Monuments historiques
10 historic monuments, more per resident than 95% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Bonneval: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 7 inscrit (the second level). We have photos of 6 of them. The oldest date from the 10th century.
Monuments historiques
10
21 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
7
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
12%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Bonneval in 6 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancienne justice de paixClassé
Église Notre-DameClassé
Portes de VilleInscrit
Maison dite Maison du DauphinInscrit
Vestiges de fortificationsInscrit+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.
Towns its size
Bonneval has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,800 to 4,900 residents, by historic monuments.
Bonneval10
#5 of 41for monuments per resident (21 per 10,000). Most per resident: Quiberon, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines and La Côte-Saint-André.
The median town of these has 2. 12 of the 41 have none.
Map
Where Bonneval’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Ancienne abbaye Saint-Florentin
3 of 3classé monuments stand within 400 m of Ancienne abbaye Saint-Florentin, with 7 of the town’s 10 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
10 monuments by protection
3 Classé7 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
3 classé monuments in Bonneval
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.
Classé
ClasséPublic building · protected 1965Ancienne justice de paixPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
7 inscrit monuments in Bonneval
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritTown gate · protected 1927Portes de VillePhoto: Thomas de Castilla · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritMonument · protected 1927Vestiges de fortificationsPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1971Maison dite Maison du DauphinPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Fitamant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
House · protected 2016Ensemble bâti
House · protected 1971Maison dite Hôtel de la LanternePart of the building is protected
House · protected 2017Maison gothique
Mill · protected 2017Moulin de Couture
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Bonneval
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes4
Religious buildings2
Military & fortified1
Public & civic1
Industrial1
Houses & homes: 4 of 10 monuments (40%). 2 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
When protected
2 of Bonneval’s monuments were protected in 1927
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
18801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1883: Ancienne abbaye Saint-Florentin. 2 were protected in 1927 alone. 3 have been added since 2011.
Age of homes
12% of homes in Bonneval were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
12%
Before 1919
8.4%
1919–45
28%
1946–70
26%
1971–90
9.7%
1991–2005
15%
2006 on
BonnevalMedian compared French town
12% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1946 and 1970 than in any other period (28%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Bonneval
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneval | 4,868 | 10 | 3 | — |
| Châteaudun | 12,830 | 59 | 10 | Yes |
| Brou | 3,230 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Illiers-Combray | 3,210 | 5 | 3 | Yes |
| Les Villages Vovéens | 4,009 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Vald'Yerre | 3,609 | 7 | 2 | — |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières | 5,607 | 11 | 3 | — |
In brief
Bonneval in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Bonneval: per resident it has more than 95% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 10 historic monuments, 3 of them classé. The oldest is Ensemble bâti, from the 10th century. Its housing is old: 12% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Its classé monuments cluster together: 3 of them stand within 400 m of Ancienne abbaye Saint-Florentin. In 2020 the Mission Patrimoine picked Ancienne justice de paix as a monument in danger to save. Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most dated ones come from the Middle Ages; and Arsène Collet (1848) was born here before 1900.
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 Bonneval
How many historic monuments are there in Bonneval?
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Bonneval: 3 classé and 7 inscrit.
Which monuments in Bonneval are classé?
3, among them Ancienne abbaye Saint-Florentin, Église Notre-Dame and Ancienne justice de paix.
How old are the monuments of Bonneval?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 10th century.
When were monuments in Bonneval first protected?
The first in 1883, the latest in 2017.
How old are the homes in Bonneval?
12% 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.