Ancien couvent des Carmélites · Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.022 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1995
The Culture ministry lists 22 historic monuments in Chaumont: 7 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 13 inscrit (the second level). 2 have no protection level on the list. That’s 11 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 86% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 12th century. We have photos of 11 of them.
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Chaumont in 11 photos
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Église Saint-Jean-BaptisteClassé
CollègeClassé
Croix de chemin en pierre dite Croix GratienClassé
ImmeubleClassé
Chapelle de BuxereuillesInscrit+6See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Chaumont has had a protected historic area since 1995
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR44-23 | ZPPAUP November 10, 1995 | AVAP (heritage area rules) January 27, 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.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
Where Chaumont’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.
7 classé monuments in Chaumont
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 5 of the 7 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé15 inscrit monuments in Chaumont
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared. 2 of them have no protection level on the list.
All 14, A to Z
7 more, named only by their kind
7 more are named in the list only by their kind: 4 buildings (immeubles), 2 houses (maisons) and 1 other. The 6 with an address are in the list above, by it.
Most of Chaumont’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 11 of 22 monuments (50%). 6 are religious buildings, 3 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old Chaumont’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
3 of 14 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église de Brottes (12th c.). 8 monuments have no date on the list.
4 of Chaumont’s monuments were protected in 1926
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
The first was protected in 1840. 4 were protected in 1926 alone. None has been added since 2011.
16 people born in Chaumont before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Chaumont Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Chaumont has the 4th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 20,200 to 21,400 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 2. 6 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Chaumont
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaumont | 20,827 | 22 | 7 | Yes |
| Nogent | 3,550 | 2 | 1 | — |
Chaumont in brief
Église de Brottes, from the 12th century, is the oldest monument in Chaumont. All told, the list holds 22 historic monuments, 7 of them classé, including Ancien couvent des Carmélites. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 86% of compared French towns. Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste sits at the heart of it all, with 6 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m.
Only 3 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1995. Of the whole list, 50% are houses and homes. Beyond that, 8.1% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Chaumont
How many historic monuments are there in Chaumont?
The Culture ministry lists 22 historic monuments in Chaumont: 7 classé and 13 inscrit.
Which monuments in Chaumont are classé?
7, among them Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Croix de chemin en pierre dite Croix Gratien and Ancien couvent des Carmélites.
How old are the monuments of Chaumont?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
Is Chaumont a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Chaumont has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1995.
When were monuments in Chaumont first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 1992.
How old are the homes in Chaumont?
8.1% 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) · 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 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.