InscritPublic building · protected 1983Forum gallo-romain (vestiges)Photo: Frédérique Défrade · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Forum gallo-romain (vestiges) · Photo: Frédérique Défrade · CC BY-SA 3.04historic monuments
History of Feurs · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
Feurs’s first monument was protected in 1925. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Feurs, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
Antiquity
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
6.3%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Feurs in pictures
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Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Feurs’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Inscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
4 monuments by protection
4 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.
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Feurs
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1991Église Notre-DamePhoto: Frédérique Défrade · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Military building · protected 1925Murs romains et fortifications
Château · protected 2004Domaine de BignyPart of the building is protected
Born before 1900
8 people born in Feurs before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Joseph-Guichard Du Verney
Pierre Duverney
boris djiatsa
Victor Champier
Joseph Ory
Henri Berthelot
Geoffroy Guichard
Henry Corsin
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JG
Joseph-Guichard Du Verney1648–1730 · French anatomist
HB
Henri Berthelot1861–1931 · French general
PD
Pierre Duverney1653–1728 · French physician
boris djiatsa1753–1803 · MANAGEUR D’ARTISTES
VC
Victor Champier1851–1929 · French art critic
JO
Joseph Ory1852–1921 · French politician
GG
Geoffroy Guichard1867–1940 · French entrepreneur and sports administrator
HC
Henry Corsin1881–1954 · French politician
Everyone born in Feurs Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Feurs has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 8,200 to 8,500 residents, by historic monuments.
Feurs4
The median town of these has 1. 12 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Feurs
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feurs | 8,367 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Balbigny | 2,911 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Panissières | 2,911 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Montrond-les-Bains | 5,652 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Boën-sur-Lignon | 3,001 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon | 5,543 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Saint-Galmier | 5,829 | 7 | 2 | Yes |
In brief
Feurs in brief
The record in Feurs starts with Forum gallo-romain (vestiges), which dates from Antiquity. All told, the list holds 4 historic monuments, including Forum gallo-romain (vestiges). Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Joseph-Guichard Du Verney (1648), Henri Berthelot (1861) and Pierre Duverney (1653) are among the 8 people born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1925 and 2004; and 6.3% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Feurs
How many historic monuments are there in Feurs?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Feurs: 4 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Feurs?
6.3% 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.