Chapelle de l'ancien cimetière, dite chapelle de Seigne · Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.04 historic monuments, 3 classé
Bléré’s first monument was protected in 1875. Bléré’s oldest monuments date from the 12th century. 4 of Bléré’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments of Bléré in pictures
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-ChristopheClassé
Maison dite Fief de Bois RaméClassé
Maison dite Le BelvédèreInscrit+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 Bléré’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.
3 classé monuments in Bléré
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 3 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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ClasséOne inscrit monument in Bléré
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit21% of homes in Bléré were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
21% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (25%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Bléré has the 9th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 5,300 to 5,400 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 1. 17 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Bléré
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bléré | 5,352 | 4 | 3 | — |
| La Croix-en-Touraine | 2,543 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Athée-sur-Cher | 2,855 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Martin-le-Beau | 3,216 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Amboise | 12,937 | 25 | 10 | Yes |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher | 2,710 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Azay-sur-Cher | 3,243 | 5 | 1 | — |
Bléré in brief
Bléré’s oldest monument, Église Saint-Christophe, dates from the 12th century. All told, the list holds 4 historic monuments, 3 of them classé, including Chapelle de l'ancien cimetière, dite chapelle de Seigne. Of its homes, 21% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Its classé monuments cluster together: 3 of them stand within 400 m of Maison dite Fief de Bois Ramé. Only 8 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Octave Linet (1870) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1875 and 1972.
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 Bléré
How many historic monuments are there in Bléré?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Bléré: 3 classé and 1 inscrit.
Which monuments in Bléré are classé?
3, among them Église Saint-Christophe, Maison dite Fief de Bois Ramé and Chapelle de l'ancien cimetière, dite chapelle de Seigne.
How old are the homes in Bléré?
21% 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.