Croix du cimetière de Genevrey · Photo: Bourrel · CC BY-SA 3.04 historic monuments, 3 classé
Protection in Vif began in 1908. Vif’s oldest monuments date from the 11th century. 4 of Vif’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments of Vif in pictures
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église de GenevreyClassé
Église Saint-Jean-BaptisteClassé
Propriété "Les Champollion"Inscrit+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 Vif’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 Vif
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.
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ClasséOne inscrit monument in Vif
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritVif has the 4th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 8,400 to 8,600 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 2. 10 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Vif
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vif | 8,530 | 4 | 3 | — |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers | 2,699 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset | 8,542 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Champ-sur-Drac | 3,335 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Claix | 7,836 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Vizille | 7,292 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Jarrie | 3,952 | 2 | 0 | — |
Vif in brief
Vif’s oldest monument, Église de Genevrey, dates from the 11th century. In all there are 4 historic monuments, 3 of them classé. Only 3 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. The rest is about typical: Claude Sébastien Bourguignon (1760) and Yves de La Brière (1877) were born here before 1900; the list grew between 1908 and 2011; and 8.5% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Vif
How many historic monuments are there in Vif?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Vif: 3 classé and 1 inscrit.
Which monuments in Vif are classé?
3, among them Église de Genevrey, Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Croix du cimetière de Genevrey.
How old are the homes in Vif?
8.5% 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.