ClasséFarm · protected 1961Ferme des LoivesPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Marmotte38 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ferme des Loives · Photo: Marmotte38 · CC BY-SA 4.01historic monument
History of Roybon · Monuments historiques
1 historic monument, 1 classé
The ministry listed Roybon’s monument in 1961. Its origins go back to the 14th century.
Monuments historiques
1
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Oldest part
14th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
25%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Roybon’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
1 monuments by protection
1 Classé
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.
Classé
One classé monument in Roybon
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 1 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Age of homes
25% of homes in Roybon were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
25%
Before 1919
12%
1919–45
16%
1946–70
20%
1971–90
16%
1991–2005
9.7%
2006 on
RoybonMedian compared French town
25% 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 (25%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Roybon before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean-Louis Simien
François Henri Saint-Romme
Paul Villon
170017501800185019001950
JL
Jean-Louis Simien1736–1803 · French officer
FH
François Henri Saint-Romme1796–1862 · French politician
PV
Paul Villon1841–1905 · French landscape architect active in Brazil
Everyone born in Roybon Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Roybon
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roybon | 1,091 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux | 3,186 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 3,425 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Chatte | 2,518 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Marcellin | 7,700 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Vinay | 4,438 | 0 | 0 | — |
| La Côte-Saint-André | 4,873 | 11 | 3 | Yes |
In brief
Roybon in brief
More of Roybon’s homes are old than in most places: 25% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In all there are 1 historic monument, 1 of them classé, including Ferme des Loives. Jean-Louis Simien (1736), François Henri Saint-Romme (1796) and Paul Villon (1841) were all born here before 1900. The oldest is Ferme des Loives, from the 14th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its only entry went on the list in 1961.
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 Roybon
How many historic monuments are there in Roybon?
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Roybon: 1 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Roybon are classé?
One: Ferme des Loives.
How old are the homes in Roybon?
25% 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.