ClasséHouse · protected 1922Maison du 15e sièclePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Maison à pans de bois · Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.03historic monuments
History of Brou · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, 1 classé
The first listing in Brou dates from 1922. The oldest monuments in Brou date from the 15th century.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
15th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
15%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Brou in pictures
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.
Map
Where Brou’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
3 monuments by protection
1 Classé2 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
One classé monument in Brou
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 1 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Inscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Brou
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritHouse · protected 1972Maison à pans de boisPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Monument · protected 2024Piscine des Dauphins
Age of homes
15% of homes in Brou were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
15%
Before 1919
10%
1919–45
27%
1946–70
31%
1971–90
9.6%
1991–2005
7.2%
2006 on
BrouMedian compared French town
15% 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 (31%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Towns its size
Brou has the 8th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,200 to 3,300 residents, by historic monuments.
Brou3
The median town of these has 1. 14 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Brou
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brou | 3,230 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Illiers-Combray | 3,210 | 5 | 3 | Yes |
| Vald'Yerre | 3,609 | 7 | 2 | — |
| Bonneval | 4,868 | 10 | 3 | — |
| Châteaudun | 12,830 | 59 | 10 | Yes |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières | 5,607 | 11 | 3 | — |
| Courville-sur-Eure | 2,791 | 3 | 2 | — |
In brief
Brou in brief
Old houses are part of Brou’s character: 15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. All told, the list holds 3 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Maison du 15e siècle. Only 7 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Piscine des Dauphins carries the Architecture contemporaine remarquable label. The oldest is Maison à pans de bois, from the 15th century. Beyond that, the list grew between 1922 and 2024.
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 Brou
How many historic monuments are there in Brou?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Brou: 1 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Brou are classé?
One: Maison du 15e siècle.
How old are the homes in Brou?
15% 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) · 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.