InscritChâteau · protected 1998"Ensemble dit "" château des Gaucelm """Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
"Ensemble dit "" château des Gaucelm """ · Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 3.02historic monuments
History of Lunel · Monuments historiques
2 historic monuments, none of them classé
Lunel’s first monument was protected in 1998. Lunel’s monuments include "Ensemble dit "" château des Gaucelm """ and Maison de Philippe le Bel. The oldest date from the 13th century.
Monuments historiques
2
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
6.2%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Lunel in pictures
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Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Lunel’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Inscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
2 monuments by protection
2 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.
Inscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Lunel
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritHouse · protected 2003Maison de Philippe le BelPhoto: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Born before 1900
16 people born in Lunel before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Henri de Rochemore
Jean-Baptiste Timothée Baumes
Guillaume Veirieu
Louis Médard
Guillaume Marc Antoine Marguerite Baumes
Frédéric Giniez
Paul Ménard-Dorian
François de Villeméjane
Jean-Pierre Marcou
Joseph Ménard
Charles Ménard
Jules Sully Lombard
Siméon Vailhé
Étienne Argelliès
Auguste Périer
Henri de Bourbon
170017501800185019001950
LM
Louis Médard1768–1841 · French indiennes trader and bibliophile
HR
Henri de Rochemore1702– · French military personnel
JB
Jean-Baptiste Timothée Baumes1756–1828 · French physician
GV
Guillaume Veirieu1757–1798 · French politician
GM
Guillaume Marc Antoine Marguerite Baumes1786–1871 · French politician
FG
Frédéric Giniez1813–1867 · French architect
PM
Paul Ménard-Dorian1846–1907 · French politician
FV
François de Villeméjane1852–1941 · French soldier
Everyone born in Lunel Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Lunel
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunel | 26,623 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Just | 3,293 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lunel-Viel | 4,507 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Marsillargues | 6,988 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Lansargues | 3,233 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux Gard | 3,659 | 7 | 2 | — |
| Aimargues Gard | 5,705 | 2 | 1 | — |
In brief
Lunel in brief
Lunel has 2 historic monuments, including "Ensemble dit "" château des Gaucelm """. Of the 16 people born here before 1900, the best known include Louis Médard (1768), Henri de Rochemore (1702) and Jean-Baptiste Timothée Baumes (1756). The oldest, "Ensemble dit "" château des Gaucelm """, dates from the 13th century. The rest is about typical: it has 2 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 3); the list grew between 1998 and 2003; and 6.2% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Lunel
How many historic monuments are there in Lunel?
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Lunel: 2 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Lunel?
6.2% 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) · 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.