Immeuble · Photo: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.023 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2025. The Culture ministry lists 23 historic monuments in Locronan, all of them classé, France’s highest heritage protection. We have photos of 21 of them.
Locronan in 21 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Vieille maisonClassé
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-NouvelleClassé
Hôtel GauthierClassé
ImmeubleClassé
Vieille maisonClassé+16See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
How old Locronan’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
2 of 22 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Camp des Salles, désigné sous le nom Goarem-ar-Salud (Antiquity). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Where Locronan’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.
23 classé monuments in Locronan
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 3 of the 23 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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ClasséMost of Locronan’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 19 of 23 monuments (83%). 2 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
Locronan has had a protected historic area since 2025
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR53-35 | – June 30, 2025 | PVAP (heritage plan) June 30, 2025 |
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.
11 of Locronan’s monuments were protected in 1925
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1846: Église Saint-Ronan. 11 were protected in 1925 alone. None has been added since 2011.
13% of homes in Locronan were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13% 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 (33%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Historic monuments in the towns around Locronan
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locronan | 829 | 23 | 23 | Yes |
| Plogonnec | 3,236 | 6 | 4 | — |
| Douarnenez | 14,068 | 8 | 4 | Yes |
| Pluguffan | 4,223 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Quimper | 64,385 | 58 | 11 | Yes |
| Châteaulin | 5,085 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Briec | 5,816 | 4 | 1 | — |
Locronan in brief
The record in Locronan starts with Camp des Salles, désigné sous le nom Goarem-ar-Salud, which dates from Antiquity. In all there are 23 historic monuments, 23 of them classé. Of its homes, 13% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle sits at the heart of it all, with 22 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m.
Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2025. Of the whole list, 83% are houses and homes. Of the 22 with a date, 20 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Jean-Marie de Leissègues de Rozaven (1732) was born here before 1900.
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 Locronan
How many historic monuments are there in Locronan?
The Culture ministry lists 23 historic monuments in Locronan: 23 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Locronan are classé?
23, among them Camp des Salles, désigné sous le nom Goarem-ar-Salud, Église Saint-Ronan, Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle, Hôtel Gauthier, Vieille maison and Vieille maison.
How old are the monuments of Locronan?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from Antiquity.
Is Locronan a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Locronan has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2025.
When were monuments in Locronan first protected?
The first in 1846, the latest in 1963.
How old are the homes in Locronan?
13% 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.