ClasséChurch · protected 1987Ancienne église Saint-Barthélémy du PradauPhoto: ww2censor · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancien hôtel de Polignac · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.021historic monuments
History of Condom · Monuments historiques
21 historic monuments, more per resident than 98% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 21 historic monuments in Condom: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 16 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 11th century. We have photos of 12 of them.
Monuments historiques
21
32 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
5
the highest protection
Inscrit
16
the second level
Oldest part
11th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
23%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Condom in 12 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église de LialorèsClassé
CloîtreClassé
Ancienne cathédrale, actuellement église Saint-PierreClassé
Ancienne église Saint-Barthélémy du PradauClassé
Ancien collège des OratoriensInscrit+7See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Towns its size
Condom has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 6,400 to 6,500 residents, by historic monuments.
Condom21
#1 of 41for monuments per resident (32 per 10,000). Most per resident: Condom, Brioude and Eu.
The median town of these has 1. 10 of the 41 have none.
Map
Where Condom’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Ancienne cathédrale, actuellement église Saint-Pierre
3 of 5classé monuments stand within 400 m of Ancienne cathédrale, actuellement église Saint-Pierre, with 9 of the town’s 21 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
21 monuments by protection
5 Classé16 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
5 classé monuments in Condom
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.
Classé
ClasséCathedral · protected 1840Ancienne cathédrale, actuellement église Saint-PierrePhoto: Serenade · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséInscrit
16 inscrit monuments in Condom
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 16, A to Z
Ancien collège des OratoriensAncien couvent des Dominicains de ProuilhanAncien évêché, actuellement sous-préfecture, tribunal et musée de l'ArmagnacAncien hôtel du BouzetAncienne église des CarmesAncienne maison d'arrêtchâteau de FondelinChâteau de MothesChâteau de PeyriacChâteau de PouypardinÉglise Saint-Jacques-de-la-BouquerieÉglise Sainte-Germaine de BaradieuMaison fortifiéeMonument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918Pigeonnier du PujouléTour des Templiers
What’s protected
Churches and religious buildings are the largest group in Condom
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Religious buildings8
Houses & homes8
Public & civic2
Military & fortified1
Tombs & cemeteries1
Farm buildings1
Religious buildings: 8 of 21 monuments (38%).
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old Condom’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.10
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution8
19th century 1801–19001
20th century and later since 19011
10 of 20 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Sainte-Germaine de Baradieu (11th & 12th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
When protected
5 of Condom’s monuments were protected in 1988
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1988 · 5
1840186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1840: Ancienne cathédrale, actuellement église Saint-Pierre. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 5 were protected in 1988 alone. 2 have been added since 2011.
Age of homes
23% of homes in Condom were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
23%
Before 1919
8.9%
1919–45
20%
1946–70
29%
1971–90
10%
1991–2005
9.2%
2006 on
CondomMedian compared French town
23% 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 (29%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
10 people born in Condom before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean-Jacques de Barrett
Charles Laborde
André Dufort
Guillaume-Auguste Jaubert
Jean-Charles Persil
Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy
Alexandre Laterrade
Étienne Naples
Georges Sérès
Louis Aurin
170017501800185019001950
JC
Jean-Charles Persil1785–1870 · French politician
NA
Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy1795–1856 · French politician
GS
Georges Sérès1884–1951 · French cyclist
JJ
Jean-Jacques de Barrett1717–1792 · French translator
CL
Charles Laborde1737–1810 · French politician
AD
André Dufort1757–1825 · French politician
GA
Guillaume-Auguste Jaubert1769–1825 · French politician
AL
Alexandre Laterrade1823–1912 · French politician
Everyone born in Condom Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Condom
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condom | 6,473 | 21 | 5 | — |
| Nérac Lot-et-Garonne | 6,992 | 18 | 9 | Yes |
| Lectoure | 3,670 | 11 | 1 | Yes |
| Vic-Fezensac | 3,577 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Eauze | 4,108 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Fleurance | 6,247 | 2 | 1 | — |
In brief
Condom in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Condom: per resident it has more than 98% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 21 historic monuments, 5 of them classé, including Ancien hôtel de Polignac. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population. Its housing is old: 23% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Its classé monuments cluster together: 3 of them stand within 400 m of Ancienne cathédrale, actuellement église Saint-Pierre. In 2018 the Mission Patrimoine picked Ancien hôtel de Polignac as a monument in danger to save. Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 10 of 20.
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 Condom
How many historic monuments are there in Condom?
The Culture ministry lists 21 historic monuments in Condom: 5 classé and 16 inscrit.
Which monuments in Condom are classé?
5, among them Ancienne église Saint-Barthélémy du Pradau, Église de Lialorès, Ancienne cathédrale, actuellement église Saint-Pierre and Ancien hôtel de Polignac.
How old are the monuments of Condom?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
When were monuments in Condom first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2018.
How old are the homes in Condom?
23% 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 October 30, 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.