Ancienne léproserie Saint-Lazare · Photo: Davitof · CC BY-SA 3.06 historic monuments, 4 classé
Gisors has 4.8 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 69% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest monuments in Gisors date from the 11th century. We have photos of 6 of Gisors’s monuments.
median compared town 2.5
Gisors in 6 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Restes du châteauClassé
Pavillon de l'ancien parc du Douai de GravilleClassé
Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-ProtaisClassé
LavoirInscrit
Manoir dit ferme de VauxInscrit+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.
Where Gisors’ 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 Gisors
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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Classé2 inscrit monuments in Gisors
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritHow old Gisors’ monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
4 of 6 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Restes du château (11th & 12th c.).
4 people born in Gisors before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Gisors Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Gisors has the 9th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 12,100 to 12,700 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 3. 8 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Gisors
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gisors | 12,410 | 6 | 4 | — |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin Oise | 3,338 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Sérifontaine Oise | 2,784 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Étrépagny | 3,670 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Magny-en-Vexin Val-d'Oise | 5,779 | 7 | 3 | — |
| Vexin-sur-Epte | 6,015 | 10 | 5 | — |
| Auneuil Oise | 2,898 | 2 | 1 | — |
Gisors in brief
The record in Gisors starts with Restes du château, which dates from the 11th century. In all there are 6 historic monuments, 4 of them classé, including Ancienne léproserie Saint-Lazare. Restes du château sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. In 2025 the Mission Patrimoine picked Manoir dit ferme de Vaux as a monument in danger to save.
Only 8 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 6 with a date, 4 come from the Middle Ages. Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget (1824), Marie Pierre Isidore de Blanmont (1770) and Eugène Mordret (1830). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most entries are houses and homes; per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and the list grew between 1840 and 2001.
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 Gisors
How many historic monuments are there in Gisors?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Gisors: 4 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Gisors are classé?
4, among them Restes du château, Ancienne léproserie Saint-Lazare, Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais and Pavillon de l'ancien parc du Douai de Graville.
How old are the monuments of Gisors?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
When were monuments in Gisors first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2001.
How old are the homes in Gisors?
5.8% 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.