Domaine de Saint-Cloud · Photo: Coyau · CC BY-SA 3.012 historic monuments, 5 classé
Saint-Cloud has 4 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 65% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest monuments in Saint-Cloud date from the 17th century. We have photos of 5 of Saint-Cloud’s monuments.
median compared town 2.5
Saint-Cloud in 5 photos
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Hôpital de la Reine (ancien)Classé
HôtelInscrit
Villa Dall'AvaInscrit
Église du Centre ou Saint-ClodoaldInscrit+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.
Where Saint-Cloud’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.
5 classé monuments in Saint-Cloud
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 5 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé7 inscrit monuments in Saint-Cloud
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared. 1 of them has no protection level on the list.
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InscritMost of Saint-Cloud’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 6 of 12 monuments (50%). 1 is a religious building.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 3 have no domain on the list.
How old Saint-Cloud’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
The oldest dated: Domaine de Saint-Cloud (17th–20th c.). 5 monuments have no date on the list.
4 of Saint-Cloud’s monuments were protected in 2022
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
The first was protected in 1967. 4 were protected in 2022 alone. 6 have been added since 2011.
19 people born in Saint-Cloud before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Saint-Cloud Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Saint-Cloud has the 9th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 28,500 to 31,200 residents, by historic monuments.
Historic monuments in the towns around Saint-Cloud
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Cloud | 29,855 | 12 | 5 | — |
| Garches | 17,743 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Boulogne-Billancourt | 119,019 | 19 | 2 | — |
| Suresnes | 48,956 | 3 | 3 | Yes |
| Sèvres | 22,303 | 10 | 2 | — |
| Ville-d'Avray | 11,089 | 8 | 4 | — |
| Rueil-Malmaison | 82,874 | 9 | 4 | — |
Saint-Cloud in brief
The official list counts 12 historic monuments in Saint-Cloud, 5 of them classé, including Domaine de Saint-Cloud. Only 8 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the whole list, 50% are houses and homes.
Anne-Marie d'Orléans (1669), Élisabeth-Charlotte d'Orléans (1676) and Bathilde d'Orléans (1750) are among the 19 people born here before 1900. The oldest, Domaine de Saint-Cloud, dates from the 17th century. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and 6.9% 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 Saint-Cloud
How many historic monuments are there in Saint-Cloud?
The Culture ministry lists 12 historic monuments in Saint-Cloud: 5 classé and 6 inscrit.
Which monuments in Saint-Cloud are classé?
5, among them Domaine de Saint-Cloud, Hôpital de la Reine (ancien), Écuries Malaquais et dépendances, Jardin des métiers d'Art et du Design and Pavillon de Breteuil ou Bureau international des Poids et Mesures.
How old are the monuments of Saint-Cloud?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 17th century.
When were monuments in Saint-Cloud first protected?
The first in 1967, the latest in 2022.
How old are the homes in Saint-Cloud?
6.9% 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 8, 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.