Maison romane · Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.011 historic monuments, 4 classé
Dreux has 3.5 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 60% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest monuments in Dreux date from the 12th century. We have photos of 9 of Dreux’s monuments.
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Dreux in 9 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Domaine de la chapelle royale Saint-LouisClassé
Église Saint-PierreClassé
Ancien hôtel de ville, dit Le BeffroiClassé
Hôtel de Salvat-DuhaldeInscrit
Ancien arsenal des pompiersInscrit+4See 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 Dreux’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 classé monuments in Dreux
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 4 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé7 inscrit monuments in Dreux
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritPublic buildings are the largest group in Dreux
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Public & civic: 3 of 11 monuments (27%). 2 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 2 have no domain on the list.
How old Dreux’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
3 of 11 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Maison romane (12th c.).
Dreux’s list has grown since 1840
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1840: Ancien hôtel de ville, dit Le Beffroi and Église Saint-Pierre. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 2 have been added since 2011.
22 people born in Dreux before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
Everyone born in Dreux Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Historic monuments in the towns around Dreux
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreux | 31,543 | 11 | 4 | — |
| Vernouillet | 12,310 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre | 4,058 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets | 4,116 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Anet | 2,721 | 3 | 3 | Yes |
| Ézy-sur-Eure Eure | 3,644 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Nogent-le-Roi | 4,021 | 7 | 2 | — |
Dreux in brief
Maison romane, from the 12th century, is the oldest monument in Dreux. In all there are 11 historic monuments, 4 of them classé. Maison romane sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. Complexe sanatorial des Bas-Buissons carries the Architecture contemporaine remarquable label.
Of the 22 people born here before 1900, the best known include Thibault Métezeau (1533), François-André Danican Philidor (1726) and Jean Louis Debilly (1763). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 11 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 3); per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and 7.1% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Dreux
How many historic monuments are there in Dreux?
The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Dreux: 4 classé and 7 inscrit.
Which monuments in Dreux are classé?
4, among them Maison romane, Église Saint-Pierre, Domaine de la chapelle royale Saint-Louis and Ancien hôtel de ville, dit Le Beffroi.
How old are the monuments of Dreux?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Dreux first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2022.
How old are the homes in Dreux?
7.1% 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.