ClasséCommercial building · protected 1925Auberge de Notre-DamePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Piclgran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chapelle-fontaine du 15e siècle, dite La Grand Font, ou fontaine Sainte-Radegonde · Photo: Piclgran · CC BY-SA 3.012historic monuments
History of La Châtre · Monuments historiques
12 historic monuments, more per resident than 97% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 12 historic monuments in La Châtre: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 10 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 15th century. We have photos of 10 of them.
Monuments historiques
12
30 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
10
the second level
Oldest part
15th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
15%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
La Châtre in 10 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Puits gothiqueClassé
Auberge de Notre-DameClassé
Ancien couvent des CarmesInscrit
Pont, dit Pont aux laiesInscrit
Ancien château seigneurialInscrit+5See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Towns its size
La Châtre has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,000 to 4,100 residents, by historic monuments.
La Châtre12
#3 of 41for monuments per resident (30 per 10,000). Most per resident: Le Croisic, Sévérac d'Aveyron and La Châtre.
The median town of these has 2. 8 of the 41 have none.
Map
Where La Châtre’s 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.
12 monuments by protection
2 Classé10 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
2 classé monuments in La Châtre
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 2 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséInscrit
10 inscrit monuments in La Châtre
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
InscritChapel · protected 1925Chapelle-fontaine du 15e siècle, dite La Grand Font, ou fontaine Sainte-RadegondePhoto: Piclgran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1926Maison du 15e sièclePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Piclgran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
House · protected 1926Maison du 15e siècle à pans de boisPhoto: Piclgran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritConvent · protected 1928Ancien couvent des CarmesPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Piclgran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritWar memorial · protected 2020Le monument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918Photo: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritHouse · protected 1926Maison, place Laisnel-de-la-SallePhoto: Piclgran · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in La Châtre
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes5
Religious buildings2
Tombs & cemeteries2
Bridges & engineering2
Shops & trade1
Houses & homes: 5 of 12 monuments (42%). 2 are religious buildings.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old La Châtre’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.8
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution1
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
8 of 9 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancien château seigneurial (15th c.). 3 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
4 of La Châtre’s monuments were protected in 1926
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1925: Auberge de Notre-Dame and Chapelle-fontaine du 15e siècle, dite La Grand Font, ou fontaine Sainte-Radegonde. 4 were protected in 1926 alone. 2 have been added since 2011.
Age of homes
15% of homes in La Châtre were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
15%
Before 1919
9.8%
1919–45
21%
1946–70
31%
1971–90
13%
1991–2005
9.4%
2006 on
La ChâtreMedian compared French town
15% 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 (31%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
17 people born in La Châtre before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Aymery de La Châtre
Germain Colladon
Sylvain Yvernault
Charles Périgois
Gilles Porcher de Lissonay
Antoine François Bourdeau-Desmaret de Fontenay
François Charles Delavau
Stéphane Ajasson de Grandsagne
Adolphe Simon Neboux
Charles Duvernet
Alphonse Fleury
Ernest Périgois
Émile Acollas
Félicien Chadeigne
André Mornet
Anselme Patureau-Mirand
André Chabenat
1050120013501500165018001950
AS
Adolphe Simon Neboux1806–1885 · French surgeon and naturalist
ÉA
Émile Acollas1826–1891 · French jurist
AL
Aymery de La Châtre1070–1141 · French librarian
GC
Germain Colladon1508–1594 · jurist-consultant, ambassador and politician
SY
Sylvain Yvernault1740–1806 · French politician
CP
Charles Périgois1746–1814 · French politician
GP
Gilles Porcher de Lissonay1752–1824 · French politician
AF
Antoine François Bourdeau-Desmaret de Fontenay1762–1838 · French politician
Everyone born in La Châtre Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around La Châtre
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Châtre | 4,037 | 12 | 2 | — |
| Ardentes | 3,715 | 1 | 1 | — |
In brief
La Châtre in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as La Châtre: per resident it has more than 97% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 12 historic monuments, 2 of them classé, including Puits gothique. Its housing is old: 15% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments.
Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 8 of 9. The oldest, Ancien château seigneurial, dates from the 15th century. Adolphe Simon Neboux (1806), Émile Acollas (1826) and Aymery de La Châtre (1070) are among the 17 people born here before 1900.
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 La Châtre
How many historic monuments are there in La Châtre?
The Culture ministry lists 12 historic monuments in La Châtre: 2 classé and 10 inscrit.
Which monuments in La Châtre are classé?
2, among them Auberge de Notre-Dame and Puits gothique.
How old are the monuments of La Châtre?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 15th century.
When were monuments in La Châtre first protected?
The first in 1925, the latest in 2020.
How old are the homes in La Châtre?
15% 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.