Hôtel de ville (ancien château) · Photo: BARROT · CC BY-SA 3.011 historic monuments, 2 classé
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up. Champlitte has 69 monuments for every 10,000 residents; the median compared French town has 2.5. Champlitte’s oldest monuments date from the 11th century. 7 of Champlitte’s monuments are in our photos.
median compared town 2.5
Champlitte in 7 photos
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Couvent des AugustinsClassé
MaisonInscrit
ChâteauInscrit
Église Saint-Christophe de Champlitte-la-VilleInscrit
MaisonInscrit+2See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Where Champlitte’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.
2 classé monuments in Champlitte
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.
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Classé9 inscrit monuments in Champlitte
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 Champlitte
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 5 of 11 monuments (45%). 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 Champlitte’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
3 of 11 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Saint-Christophe de Champlitte-la-Ville (11th–14th c.).
A protected historic area is on its way in Champlitte
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR27-44 | ZPPAUP August 4, 1989 | 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.
Champlitte’s list has grown since 1909
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1909: Hôtel de ville (ancien château). 2 were protected in 1991 alone. None has been added since 2011.
38% of homes in Champlitte were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
38% 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 (38%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
9 people born in Champlitte before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Champlitte Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Historic monuments in the towns around Champlitte
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champlitte | 1,585 | 11 | 2 | Yes |
| Gray | 5,365 | 23 | 7 | Yes |
Champlitte in brief
Église Saint-Christophe de Champlitte-la-Ville, from the 11th century, is the oldest monument in Champlitte. All told, the list holds 11 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. Its housing is old: 38% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Of the 11 with a date, 7 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. Jean Richardot (1540), Claude-Christophe Gourdan (1754) and Charles Prévost (1899) are among the 9 people born here before 1900.
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 Champlitte
How many historic monuments are there in Champlitte?
The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Champlitte: 2 classé and 9 inscrit.
Which monuments in Champlitte are classé?
2, among them Couvent des Augustins and Hôtel de ville (ancien château).
How old are the monuments of Champlitte?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
Is Champlitte a protected historic area?
One is on the way: a site patrimonial remarquable for Champlitte is on the ministry’s list, but its rules are still being drawn up.
When were monuments in Champlitte first protected?
The first in 1909, the latest in 2009.
How old are the homes in Champlitte?
38% 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.