ClasséCathedral · protected 1862Ancienne cathédrale Saint-ThéodoritPhoto: Vpe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Ancien évêché · Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA · CC BY-SA 3.042historic monuments
History of Uzès · Monuments historiques
A secteur sauvegardé since 1965, and 42 historic monuments
The Culture ministry lists 42 historic monuments in Uzès: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 33 inscrit (the second level). 1 has no protection level on the list. That’s 49 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than almost every compared French town; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from Antiquity. We have photos of 33 of them.
Monuments historiques
42
49 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
8
the highest protection
Inscrit
33
the second level
Oldest part
Antiquity
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
17%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Uzès in 33 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Hôtel de villeClassé
Ancienne cathédrale Saint-ThéodoritClassé
CrypteClassé
Château dit Le DuchéClassé
Ancien grand séminaireClassé+28See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Protected area
Uzès has had a protected historic area since 1965
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR76-35 | Secteur sauvegardé January 13, 1965 | PSMV (safeguarding plan) January 29, 2020 |
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. A PSMV (plan de sauvegarde et de mise en valeur) is the strictest plan: it covers every building, inside as well as out.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
Map
Where Uzès’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Théodorit
8 of 8classé monuments stand within 400 m of Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Théodorit, with 32 of the town’s 42 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
42 monuments by protection
8 Classé33 Inscrit1 Level not given
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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Classé
8 classé monuments in Uzès
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 3 of the 8 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChâteau · protected 1889Château dit Le DuchéPart of the building is protectedPhoto: ByacC · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown walls · protected 1979Partie subsistante des rempartsPhoto: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Poppy (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséPublic building · protected 2003Ancien grand séminairePhoto: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChurch · protected 1974église Saint-ÉtiennePhoto: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown hall · protected 1983Hôtel de villePart of the building is protectedPhoto: ByacC · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséBishop’s palace · protected 1981Ancien évêchéPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Daniel VILLAFRUELA · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséInscrit
34 inscrit monuments in Uzès
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared. 1 of them has no protection level on the list.
All 34, A to Z
Ancienne église Saint-JulienAqueduc de NîmesDomaine de PlanteryHôpital généralHôtel Chambon de la TourHôtel d'AigaliersHôtel de CastilleHôtel de la RochetteHôtel, 2 rue de Port-RoyalImmeuble, 19 boulevard Victor-HugoMaison, 1 place DampmartinMaison, 1 rue Saint-EtienneMaison, 11 boulevard GambettaMaison, 12 rue de la RépubliqueMaison, 16 rue de la Petite-BourgadeMaison, 16 rue Jacques-d'UzèsMaison, 20 rue Jacques-d'UzèsMaison, 21 rue du Docteur-Jean-BlanchardMaison, 24 rue du Docteur-Jean-BlanchardMaison, 25 rue du Docteur-Jean-BlanchardMaison, 26 rue du Docteur-Jean-BlanchardMaison, 28 boulevard Charles-GideMaison, 28 rue du Docteur-Jean-BlanchardMaison, 29 boulevard GambettaMaison, 3 rue Paul-FoussatMaison, 5, 7 boulevard des AlliésMaison, 7 rue de la PellisserieMaison, 7 rue du Quatre-SeptembreMas de la Lauze, anciennement dit La MaladrerieMas de MayacMas Vieux de MayacPavillon RacineRuines de l'église Saint-Geniest et pinède avoisinanteTour du moulin du Duc
20 more, named only by their kind
20 more are named in the list only by their kind: 17 houses (maisons), 2 buildings (immeubles) and 1 town house (hôtel), most from the 17th and 18th centuries. The 20 with an address are in the list above, by it.
14th c.1
16th c.2
17th c.7
18th c.9
undated1
What’s protected
Most of Uzès’ monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes30
Religious buildings5
Public & civic3
Bridges & engineering1
Industrial1
Houses & homes: 30 of 42 monuments (71%). 5 are religious buildings, 3 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
How old Uzès’ monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.1
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.9
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution27
19th century 1801–19002
20th century and later since 19010
10 of 39 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Aqueduc de Nîmes (Antiquity). 3 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
13 of Uzès’ monuments were protected in 1954
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1954 · 13
186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1862: Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Théodorit. 13 were protected in 1954 alone. 2 have been added since 2011.
Age of homes
17% of homes in Uzès were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
17%
Before 1919
5.4%
1919–45
17%
1946–70
24%
1971–90
19%
1991–2005
17%
2006 on
UzèsMedian compared French town
17% 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 (24%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
17 people born in Uzès before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Bernard Plantevelue
Pierre Coste
Firmin Abauzit
Jean-Michel Chambon de La Tour
Gabriel-François de Brueys d'Aigalliers
Jean-Henri Voulland
François Paul de Brueys d'Aigalliers
Anne-Henri Cabot de Dampmartin
Xavier Sigalon
Rodolphe-Ernest de Fontarèches
Hippolyte-Raymond Colet
Charles Fauvety
Melchior Doze
Léonce Pascal
Auguste Fabre
Louis Jourdan
Charles Gide
9001050120013501500165018001950
BP
Bernard Plantevelue841–886 · Frenkish count
PC
Pierre Coste1668–1747 · French theologian
FA
Firmin Abauzit1679–1767 · French, and then Genevan, physician, theologian and philosopher
JH
Jean-Henri Voulland1751–1801 · French politician
FP
François Paul de Brueys d'Aigalliers1753–1798 · French admiral
XS
Xavier Sigalon1787–1837 · French painter
AF
Auguste Fabre1839–1923
CG
Charles Gide1847–1932 · French economist and historian
Everyone born in Uzès Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Uzès has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 8,400 to 8,600 residents, by historic monuments.
Uzès42
#1 of 41for monuments per resident (49 per 10,000). Most per resident: Uzès, Mauléon and Châteauneuf-sur-Loire.
The median town of these has 2. 10 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Uzès
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzès | 8,519 | 42 | 8 | Yes |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie | 3,173 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Poulx | 4,348 | 1 | 0 | — |
| La Calmette | 2,604 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Marguerittes | 8,346 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès | 3,225 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Meynes | 2,597 | 1 | 1 | — |
In brief
Uzès in brief
Aqueduc de Nîmes, from Antiquity, is the oldest monument in Uzès. In all there are 42 historic monuments, 8 of them classé, including Ancien évêché. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 99% of compared French towns. Its old center has been a secteur sauvegardé since 1965.
No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population. Its housing is old: 17% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Its classé monuments cluster together: 8 of them stand within 400 m of Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Théodorit.
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 Uzès
How many historic monuments are there in Uzès?
The Culture ministry lists 42 historic monuments in Uzès: 8 classé and 33 inscrit.
Which monuments in Uzès are classé?
8, among them Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Théodorit, Château dit Le Duché, Partie subsistante des remparts, Ancien grand séminaire, église Saint-Étienne and Hôtel de ville.
How old are the monuments of Uzès?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from Antiquity.
Is Uzès a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Uzès has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1965.
When were monuments in Uzès first protected?
The first in 1862, the latest in 2015.
How old are the homes in Uzès?
17% 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.