ClasséArchaeological site · protected 1980Roches gravées dites du Mahury, actuellement roches de la Crique PavéePhoto: Psu973 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fort Diamant · Photo: Psu973 · CC BY-SA 3.015historic monuments
History of Remire-Montjoly · Monuments historiques
15 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
The Culture ministry lists 15 historic monuments in Remire-Montjoly: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 11 inscrit (the second level). That’s 5.4 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 72% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 6 of them.
Monuments historiques
15
5.4 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
11
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
0.2%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Remire-Montjoly in 6 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Roches gravées dites du Mahury, actuellement roches de la Crique PavéeClassé
Vestiges de l'ancienne habitation Vidal ou MondéliceClassé
Moulin à ventClassé
Le Serpent de PascaudInscrit
Habitation des JésuitesInscrit+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.
How old
How old Remire-Montjoly’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.1
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.0
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution1
19th century 1801–19003
20th century and later since 19010
1 of 5 dated monuments has parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Roches gravées dites du Mahury, actuellement roches de la Crique Pavée (Prehistory). 10 monuments have no date on the list.
Map
Where Remire-Montjoly’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.
15 monuments by protection
4 Classé11 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
4 classé monuments in Remire-Montjoly
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
Classé
ClasséResidence · protected 1995Vestiges de l'ancienne habitation Vidal ou MondélicePhoto: Andre Gaston Georges · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
11 inscrit monuments in Remire-Montjoly
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritHouse · protected 1993Habitation des JésuitesPhoto: Collège Holder · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritArchaeological site · protected 2002Le Serpent de PascaudPhoto: Andre Gaston Georges · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
School · protected 2012Ancienne école du bourg de Remire
School · protected 1989Ecole de Montjoly (ancienne)Part of the building is protected
Archaeological site · protected 2002L'Abattis Evrard
Archaeological site · protected 2002Roche gravée de Grand Beauregard Sud
Archaeological site · protected 2002Roches gravées de Palulu
Archaeological site · protected 2002Site à polissoirs de la Roche Piaie
Archaeological site · protected 2002Site à polissoirs de Montravel
Archaeological site · protected 2002Site à polissoirs de Roche Caïa
Archaeological site · protected 2002Site à polissoirs dit de l'APCAT
What’s protected
Most of Remire-Montjoly’s monuments are archaeological sites
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Archaeological sites8
Houses & homes1
Military & fortified1
Industrial1
Archaeological sites: 8 of 15 monuments (53%).
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 4 have no domain on the list.
When protected
Over half of Remire-Montjoly’s monuments were protected in 2002
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
2002 · 8
198020002020
First protected, in 1980: Fort Diamant and Roches gravées dites du Mahury, actuellement roches de la Crique Pavée. 8 were protected in 2002 alone. 1 has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
0.2% of homes in Remire-Montjoly were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
0.2%
Before 1919
0.3%
1919–45
3.1%
1946–70
24%
1971–90
28%
1991–2005
44%
2006 on
Remire-MontjolyMedian compared French town
0.2% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished since 2006 than in any other period (44%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Towns its size
Remire-Montjoly has the 8th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 26,400 to 29,100 residents, by historic monuments.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Remire-Montjoly
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remire-Montjoly | 27,723 | 15 | 4 | — |
| Cayenne | 62,675 | 43 | 10 | Yes |
| Matoury | 36,512 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Roura | 3,449 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Montsinéry-Tonnegrande | 3,626 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Macouria | 19,899 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Remire-Montjoly in brief
Remire-Montjoly’s oldest monument, Roches gravées dites du Mahury, actuellement roches de la Crique Pavée, dates from prehistory. All told, the list holds 15 historic monuments, 4 of them classé. The Mission Patrimoine has picked 2 of its monuments as heritage in danger to save, Ancienne école du bourg de Remire first, in 2019. Only 7 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Most entries on the list, 53%, are archaeological sites. Of the 5 with a date, 3 come from the 19th century. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.2% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns.
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 Remire-Montjoly
How many historic monuments are there in Remire-Montjoly?
The Culture ministry lists 15 historic monuments in Remire-Montjoly: 4 classé and 11 inscrit.
Which monuments in Remire-Montjoly are classé?
4, among them Roches gravées dites du Mahury, actuellement roches de la Crique Pavée, Fort Diamant, Moulin à vent and Vestiges de l'ancienne habitation Vidal ou Mondélice.
How old are the monuments of Remire-Montjoly?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
When were monuments in Remire-Montjoly first protected?
The first in 1980, the latest in 2012.
How old are the homes in Remire-Montjoly?
0.2% 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.