Ancienne tannerie royale · Photo: ww2censor · CC BY-SA 2.011 historic monuments, more per resident than 98% of compared French towns
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2005. The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Lectoure: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 10 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 12th century. We have photos of 10 of them.
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Lectoure in 10 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-GervaisClassé
Château des Comtes d'Armagnac et ancien hôpitalInscrit
Fontaine du 13e siècleInscrit
Le bâtiment de l'évêché occupé par l'hôtel de ville et le muséeInscrit
Ancien couvent des CordeliersInscrit+5See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Lectoure has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,600 to 3,700 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 1. 17 of the 41 have none.
Where Lectoure’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.
One classé monument in Lectoure
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.
Classé10 inscrit monuments in Lectoure
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritHouses and homes are the largest group in Lectoure
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 4 of 11 monuments (36%). 3 are religious buildings, 1 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old Lectoure’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
5 of 11 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Fontaine du 13e siècle (13th c.).
Lectoure has 2 protected historic areas
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR76-44 | ZPPAUP June 10, 2005 | ZPPAUP (heritage zone rules) June 10, 2005 |
| SPR76-45 | Secteur sauvegardé May 12, 2016 | Still being drawn up |
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.
Lectoure’s list has grown since 1912
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1912: Église Saint-Gervais. 2 were protected in 2016 alone. 3 have been added since 2011.
34% of homes in Lectoure were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
34% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (34%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
17 people born in Lectoure before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Lectoure Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Historic monuments in the towns around Lectoure
Lectoure in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Lectoure: per resident it has more than 98% of compared French towns. In all there are 11 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Église Saint-Gervais. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population.
Its housing is old: 34% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Parts of it lie in 2 sites patrimoniaux remarquables, the first protected in 2005. Of the 17 people born here before 1900, the best known include Pierre Banel (1766), Jean-Baptiste Desmolin (1751) and Bernard Descamps (1758).
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 Lectoure
How many historic monuments are there in Lectoure?
The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Lectoure: 1 classé and 10 inscrit.
Which monuments in Lectoure are classé?
One: Église Saint-Gervais.
How old are the monuments of Lectoure?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
Is Lectoure a protected historic area?
Yes: Lectoure has 2 sites patrimoniaux remarquables, the first since 2005.
When were monuments in Lectoure first protected?
The first in 1912, the latest in 2018.
How old are the homes in Lectoure?
34% 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.