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History of Vendres · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Vendres: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Since 1926, Vendres has had a listed monument.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
Antiquity
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
6.1%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Vendres’ 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.
3 monuments by protection
1 Classé2 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
One classé monument in Vendres
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.
Inscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Vendres
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Engineering work · protected 1926Aqueduc dit aqueduc romain
Château · protected 1926Château, place du Portail VieilPart of the building is protected
Towns its size
Vendres has the 8th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 2,600 to 2,600 residents, by historic monuments.
Vendres3
The median town of these has 1. 16 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Vendres
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendres | 2,616 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Sauvian | 5,608 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sérignan | 8,588 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Valras-Plage | 4,432 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lespignan | 3,414 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Villeneuve-lès-Béziers | 4,500 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Cers | 2,503 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Vendres in brief
Aqueduc dit aqueduc romain, from Antiquity, is the oldest monument in Vendres. In all there are 3 historic monuments, 1 of them classé. Only 7 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Félix Mouret (1862) was born here before 1900; the list grew between 1926 and 1935; and 6.1% 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 Vendres
How many historic monuments are there in Vendres?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Vendres: 1 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Vendres are classé?
One: Vestiges de la villa de Primuliac.
How old are the homes in Vendres?
6.1% 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) · 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.