ClasséChâteau · protected 1918Château et ses abordsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hôpital · Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.059historic monuments
History of Châteaudun · Monuments historiques
59 historic monuments, more per resident than almost any compared French town
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2023. The Culture ministry lists 59 historic monuments in Châteaudun: 10 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 49 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 12th century. We have photos of 18 of them.
Monuments historiques
59
46 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
10
the highest protection
Inscrit
49
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
11%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Châteaudun in 18 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Château et ses abordsClassé
Église Saint-Jean-de-la-ChaîneClassé
Église de la MadeleineClassé
Maison de la Vierge et restes de la Porte d'AbasClassé
Ancienne chapelle dite Notre-Dame du ChampdéClassé+13See 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
Châteaudun has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 12,500 to 13,100 residents, by historic monuments.
Map
Where Châteaudun’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Château et ses abords
7 of 10classé monuments stand within 400 m of Château et ses abords, with 39 of the town’s 59 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
59 monuments by protection
10 Classé49 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
10 classé monuments in Châteaudun
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 4 of the 10 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Classé
ClasséChurch · protected 1907Église Saint-Jean-de-la-ChaînePhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséChapel · protected 1879Ancienne chapelle dite Notre-Dame du ChampdéPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1945Maison de la Vierge et restes de la Porte d'AbasPhoto: Hervé Grison · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1925Maison du 16e sièclePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1922Maison du 16e sièclePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1941Maison Renaissance dite des Architectes du ChâteauPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHospital · protected 1948HôpitalPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
49 inscrit monuments in Châteaudun
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 49, A to Z
Ancien couvent des CordeliersAncienne église Saint-LubinCommanderie du Temple Notre-Dame-de-la-BoissièreFontaine monumentale néo-renaissanceHôtel de villeImmeuble, 1 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 10 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 11 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 12 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 13 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 14 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 15 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 16 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 17 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 18 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 19 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 20 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 21 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 25 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 26 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 28 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 29 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 3 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 30 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 31 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 32 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 33 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 34 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 35 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 36 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 37 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 38 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 39 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 4 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 5 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 5bis place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 6 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 7 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 8 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, 9 place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, place du 18-OctobreImmeuble, place du 18-OctobreRestes de l'ancienne église Saint-Médard
43 more, named only by their kind
43 more are named in the list only by their kind: 43 buildings (immeubles), most from the 18th century. The 43 with an address are in the list above, by it.
What’s protected
Most of Châteaudun’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes48
Religious buildings8
Public & civic2
Bridges & engineering1
Houses & homes: 48 of 59 monuments (81%). 8 are religious buildings, 4 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old Châteaudun’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.8
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution49
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
8 of 57 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancienne église Saint-Lubin (12th & 15th c.). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
Protected area
Châteaudun has had a protected historic area since 2023
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR24-54 | – September 4, 2023 | – |
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.
When protected
Over half of Châteaudun’s monuments were protected in 1953
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1953 · 44
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First protected, in 1879: Ancienne chapelle dite Notre-Dame du Champdé. 44 were protected in 1953 alone. 1 has been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
20 people born in Châteaudun before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Antoine de La Faye
Jean Toutin
Georges Focus
Pierre Toufaire
Jean-Michel-Marguerite de Laforge
Gabriel Boisguyon
Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Busson
Étienne François Girard
Félix Raimbert-Sévin
Jules Raimbault-Courtin
Auguste Nicolas Gendrin
Louis-Gustave Guérineau de Boisvillette
Henri Lefèvre
Edgard Boutaric
Louis Gaëtan Dimier de La Brunetière
Charles Brennus
Henry Merlin
Henri Villain
André Gagey
Pierre Lyautey
1500165018001950
JT
Jean Toutin1578–1644 · French jewelry designer and printmaker
GF
Georges Focus1641–1708 · French painter
CB
Charles Brennus1859–1943 · French sculptor
AL
Antoine de La Faye1540–1615 · French minister and theologian
PT
Pierre Toufaire1739–1794 · French architect
JM
Jean-Michel-Marguerite de Laforge1753–1830 · French politician
GB
Gabriel Boisguyon1763–1793 · French soldier
JB
Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Busson1765–1835 · French politician
Everyone born in Châteaudun Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Châteaudun
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteaudun | 12,830 | 59 | 10 | Yes |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières | 5,607 | 11 | 3 | — |
| Bonneval | 4,868 | 10 | 3 | — |
| Vald'Yerre | 3,609 | 7 | 2 | — |
| Brou | 3,230 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Beauce la Romaine Loir-et-Cher | 3,341 | 8 | 6 | — |
| Illiers-Combray | 3,210 | 5 | 3 | Yes |
In brief
Châteaudun in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Châteaudun: per resident it has more than 99% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 59 historic monuments, 10 of them classé. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population. Its classé monuments cluster together: 7 of them stand within 400 m of Château et ses abords.
Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2023. Most entries on the list, 81%, are houses and homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 49 of 57. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 11% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Châteaudun
How many historic monuments are there in Châteaudun?
The Culture ministry lists 59 historic monuments in Châteaudun: 10 classé and 49 inscrit.
Which monuments in Châteaudun are classé?
10, among them Château et ses abords, Église de la Madeleine, Église Saint-Jean-de-la-Chaîne, Église Saint-Valérien, Ancienne chapelle dite Notre-Dame du Champdé and Maison de la Vierge et restes de la Porte d'Abas.
How old are the monuments of Châteaudun?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
Is Châteaudun a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Châteaudun has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2023.
When were monuments in Châteaudun first protected?
The first in 1879, the latest in 2025.
How old are the homes in Châteaudun?
11% 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.