ClasséChurch · protected 1846Église Notre-DamePhoto: Theoliane 13:38, 13 August 2007 (UTC) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Église Notre-Dame · Photo: Theoliane 13:38, 13 August 2007 (UTC) · Public domain6historic monuments
History of Louviers · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, 1 classé
The oldest monuments in Louviers date from the 13th century. For every 10,000 residents Louviers counts 3.2 monuments, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. We have photos of 5 of Louviers’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
6
3.2 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
5
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
9.7%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Louviers in 5 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Château Saint-HilaireInscrit
Ancien prieuré Saint-LubinInscrit
Ancien couvent des Pénitents, puis prison, puis école de musiqueInscrit
Maison à pans de boisInscrit+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.
Map
Where Louviers’ 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.
6 monuments by protection
1 Classé5 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 Louviers
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.
Inscrit
5 inscrit monuments in Louviers
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
InscritPriory · protected 1935Ancien prieuré Saint-LubinPhoto: Schneiderant · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritConvent · protected 1994Ancien couvent des Pénitents, puis prison, puis école de musiquePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Totorvdr59 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritMonument · protected 2020Kiosque à musique
How old
How old Louviers’ monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.2
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution2
19th century 1801–19001
20th century and later since 19011
2 of 6 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Notre-Dame (13th c.).
Born before 1900
14 people born in Louviers before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Michel Linant
Charles-François Dubusc
Jean-Baptiste Decrétot
Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Langlois
Michel Joseph Albert Dutens
Jules Ozenne
Jacques François Édouard Hervieux
André Prétavoine
Jules Thorel
Roger Jourdain
Georges Gillet
Henri Pellier
Charles Noufflard
Pierre Lantuéjoul
170017501800185019001950
JF
Jacques François Édouard Hervieux1818–1905 · French pediatrician and gynecologist
GG
Georges Gillet1854–1920 · French oboist and music educator
ML
Michel Linant1709–1749 · French poet
CF
Charles-François Dubusc1731–1812 · French politician
JB
Jean-Baptiste Decrétot1743–1817 · French politician
JB
Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Langlois1758–1834 · French politician
MJ
Michel Joseph Albert Dutens1800–1866 · French politician
JO
Jules Ozenne1809–1889 · French politician
Everyone born in Louviers Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Louviers
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louviers | 18,705 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Le Vaudreuil | 3,624 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Val-de-Reuil | 13,245 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pont-de-l'Arche | 4,133 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 8,306 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Pîtres | 2,589 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Le Val d'Hazey | 5,111 | 4 | 0 | — |
In brief
Louviers in brief
The official list counts 6 historic monuments in Louviers, 1 of them classé, including Église Notre-Dame. Jacques François Édouard Hervieux (1818), Georges Gillet (1854) and Michel Linant (1709) are among the 14 people born here before 1900. The oldest is Église Notre-Dame, from the 13th century. The rest is about typical: most entries are churches and religious buildings; it has 6 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 4); and per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns.
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 Louviers
How many historic monuments are there in Louviers?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Louviers: 1 classé and 5 inscrit.
Which monuments in Louviers are classé?
One: Église Notre-Dame.
How old are the monuments of Louviers?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
When were monuments in Louviers first protected?
The first in 1846, the latest in 2020.
How old are the homes in Louviers?
9.7% 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.