ClasséDolmen · protected 1964Allée couverte dite Ty Corriganet, de Coat Menez GuenPhoto: Yann Gwilhoù · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Allée couverte dite Ty Corriganet, de Coat Menez Guen · Photo: Yann Gwilhoù · CC BY-SA 3.03historic monuments
History of Melgven · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
Protection in Melgven began in 1914. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Melgven, all of them classé, France’s highest heritage protection. We have photos of 3 of them.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
8.4%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Melgven in pictures
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Melgven’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Classé
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
3 monuments by protection
3 Classé
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
3 classé monuments in Melgven
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.
ClasséChapel · protected 1949Chapelle de Coat-Am-PodouPhoto: Yann Gwilhoù · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTowns its size
Melgven has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,300 to 3,400 residents, by historic monuments.
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The median town of these has 1. 18 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Melgven
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melgven | 3,371 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Rosporden | 7,550 | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Concarneau | 20,845 | 8 | 3 | Yes |
| Trégunc | 7,148 | 9 | 6 | — |
| Pont-Aven | 2,777 | 9 | 3 | Yes |
| Saint-Yvi | 3,431 | 3 | 1 | — |
| La Forêt-Fouesnant | 3,508 | 6 | 3 | — |
In brief
Melgven in brief
The record in Melgven starts with Allée couverte dite Ty Corriganet, de Coat Menez Guen, which dates from prehistory. In all there are 3 historic monuments, 3 of them classé. Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1914 and 1964; and 8.4% 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 Melgven
How many historic monuments are there in Melgven?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Melgven: 3 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Melgven are classé?
3, among them Allée couverte dite Ty Corriganet, de Coat Menez Guen, Chapelle de Coat-Am-Podou and Chapelle de la Trinité.
How old are the homes in Melgven?
8.4% 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) · 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.