ClasséChâteau · protected 2007Domaine du château RabaPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Gitouche · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Domaine du château Raba · Photo: Gitouche · CC BY-SA 4.06historic monuments
History of Talence · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, 1 classé
The oldest monuments in Talence date from the 16th century. For every 10,000 residents Talence counts 1.3 monuments, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. We have photos of 5 of Talence’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
6
1.3 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
5
the second level
Oldest part
16th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
4.1%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Talence in 5 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
PresbytèreInscrit
Château MargautInscrit
Château dit du Prince NoirInscrit
Château de PeixottoInscrit+1See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Talence’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
6 monuments by protection
1 Classé5 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
One classé monument in Talence
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 1 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Inscrit
5 inscrit monuments in Talence
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChâteau · protected 1984Château dit du Prince NoirPhoto: Joancharmant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChâteau · protected 1935Château de PeixottoPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Symac · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChâteau · protected 1958Château MargautPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Joancharmant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritPresbytery · protected 1990PresbytèrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Joancharmant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château · protected 2009Château Belair
Age of homes
4.1% of homes in Talence were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
4.1%
Before 1919
5.8%
1919–45
19%
1946–70
33%
1971–90
19%
1991–2005
20%
2006 on
TalenceMedian compared French town
4.1% 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.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Talence
In brief
Talence in brief
The official list counts 6 historic monuments in Talence, 1 of them classé, including Domaine du château Raba. Its homes are mostly newer: 4.1% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. The oldest is Château dit du Prince Noir, from the 16th century. The rest is about typical: most entries are houses and homes; most dated ones come from the 16th to 18th centuries; and it has 6 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 7).
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 Talence
How many historic monuments are there in Talence?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Talence: 1 classé and 5 inscrit.
Which monuments in Talence are classé?
One: Domaine du château Raba.
How old are the monuments of Talence?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 16th century.
When were monuments in Talence first protected?
The first in 1935, the latest in 2009.
How old are the homes in Talence?
4.1% 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.