InscritChâteau · protected 1968Château de la SônePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Château de la Sône · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château de la Sône · Photo: Château de la Sône · CC BY-SA 3.01historic monument
History of La Sône · Monuments historiques
1 historic monument, none of them classé
Since 1968, the monument in La Sône has been on the list. On the list it is Château de la Sône. It dates from the 14th century.
Monuments historiques
1
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
14th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
30%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where La Sône’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
1 monuments by protection
1 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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Inscrit
One inscrit monument in La Sône
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Age of homes
30% of homes in La Sône were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
30%
Before 1919
10%
1919–45
16%
1946–70
23%
1971–90
11%
1991–2005
10%
2006 on
La SôneMedian compared French town
30% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (30%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in La Sône before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Pierre Joseph Fleury Jubié
Louis Maurice Antoine Clerc
Hugues Merle
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HM
Hugues Merle1822–1881 · French painter
PJ
Pierre Joseph Fleury Jubié1759–1843 · French politician
LM
Louis Maurice Antoine Clerc1818–1892 · French politician
Everyone born in La Sône Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around La Sône
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Sône | 634 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Chatte | 2,518 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Marcellin | 7,700 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans Drôme | 2,874 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Vinay | 4,438 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe Drôme | 3,424 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet Drôme | 6,523 | 1 | 1 | — |
In brief
La Sône in brief
Old houses are part of La Sône’s character: 30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In all there are 1 historic monument, including Château de la Sône. Hugues Merle (1822), Pierre Joseph Fleury Jubié (1759) and Louis Maurice Antoine Clerc (1818) were all born here before 1900. The oldest, Château de la Sône, dates from the 14th century. The rest is about typical: its only entry went on the list in 1968.
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 Sône
How many historic monuments are there in La Sône?
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Sône: 1 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in La Sône?
30% 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.