ClasséFortified house · protected 1840Donjon quadrangulaire, dit Tour de CésarPhoto: Fa24em · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château de Dunois, actuellement Musée de l'Orléanais · Photo: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.014historic monuments
History of Beaugency · Monuments historiques
14 historic monuments, 8 classé
For every 10,000 residents Beaugency counts 17 monuments, more per resident than 94% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up. Beaugency’s oldest monuments date from the 11th century. 14 of Beaugency’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
14
17 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
8
the highest protection
Inscrit
6
the second level
Oldest part
11th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
14%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Beaugency in 14 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Notre-DameClassé
église Saint-ÉtienneClassé
Tour dite de l'HorlogeClassé
Tour Saint-FirminClassé
Donjon quadrangulaire, dit Tour de CésarClassé+9See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Beaugency’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Château de Dunois, actuellement Musée de l'Orléanais
8 of 8classé monuments stand within 400 m of Château de Dunois, actuellement Musée de l'Orléanais, with 14 of the town’s 14 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
14 monuments by protection
8 Classé6 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
8 classé monuments in Beaugency
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 2 of the 8 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChurch · protected 1840église Saint-ÉtiennePhoto: Antonio d'Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséHouse · protected 1919Maison dite "des Templiers"Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Antonio d'Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséFortified house · protected 1922Tour dite de l'HorlogePhoto: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChâteau · protected 1925Château de Dunois, actuellement Musée de l'OrléanaisPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséFortified house · protected 1913Tour Saint-FirminPhoto: Felouch Kotek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
6 inscrit monuments in Beaugency
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritAbbey · protected 2006Ancienne abbaye Notre-DamePart of the building is protectedPhoto: E. M. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHospital · protected 1929Ancien hospicePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
InscritPublic building · protected 1933Ancienne prisonPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Antonio d'Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1925Maison à pans de boisPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Antonio d'Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown walls · protected 1944Restes de l'ancienne enceintePhoto: Antonio d'Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1947Maison, 3 rue du ChangePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Antonio d'Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Beaugency
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes4
Military & fortified4
Religious buildings3
Public & civic3
Houses & homes: 4 of 14 monuments (29%). 3 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old Beaugency’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.10
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution4
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
10 of 14 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame (11th–17th c.).
Protected area
A protected historic area is on its way in Beaugency
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| Not numbered yet | – | Still being drawn up |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
When protected
3 of Beaugency’s monuments were protected in 1840
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1840186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1840: Donjon quadrangulaire, dit Tour de César, église Saint-Étienne and Hôtel de ville. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. None has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
14% of homes in Beaugency were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
14%
Before 1919
6.8%
1919–45
23%
1946–70
30%
1971–90
16%
1991–2005
9.9%
2006 on
BeaugencyMedian compared French town
14% 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 (30%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
10 people born in Beaugency before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Nicolas François Turpetin
Jacques Charles
Pierre Jean Louis Ovide Doublet
Étienne Aignan
Louis Moreau
Charles Fournier
Euphémie Muraton
Léonce Caillard
Fernand Rabier
René Pottier
170017501800185019001950
JC
Jacques Charles1746–1823 · French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonist
PJ
Pierre Jean Louis Ovide Doublet1749–1824 · Maltese politician
ÉA
Étienne Aignan1773–1824 · French translator, political writer, librettist, and playwright
EM
Euphémie Muraton1836–1914 · French painter
NF
Nicolas François Turpetin1739–1818 · French politician
LM
Louis Moreau1790–1862 · French architect
CF
Charles Fournier1810–1892 · French politician
LC
Léonce Caillard1846–1917 · French soldier
Everyone born in Beaugency Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Beaugency has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 7,900 to 8,100 residents, by historic monuments.
Beaugency14
#1 of 41for monuments per resident (17 per 10,000). Most per resident: Beaugency, Louveciennes and Questembert.
The median town of these has 1. 9 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Beaugency
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaugency | 8,024 | 14 | 8 | Yes |
| Lailly-en-Val | 3,101 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Meung-sur-Loire | 6,670 | 5 | 2 | Yes |
| Saint-Laurent-Nouan Loir-et-Cher | 4,236 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Cléry-Saint-André | 3,596 | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Mer Loir-et-Cher | 6,250 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Ay | 3,766 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Beaugency in brief
For its size, Beaugency has more historic monuments than 94% of compared French towns. In all there are 14 historic monuments, 8 of them classé. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population. Of its homes, 14% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Château de Dunois, actuellement Musée de l'Orléanais sits at the heart of it all, with 8 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 10 of 14. The oldest, Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame, dates from the 11th century.
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 Beaugency
How many historic monuments are there in Beaugency?
The Culture ministry lists 14 historic monuments in Beaugency: 8 classé and 6 inscrit.
Which monuments in Beaugency are classé?
8, among them Donjon quadrangulaire, dit Tour de César, église Saint-Étienne, Église Notre-Dame, Maison dite "des Templiers", Tour dite de l'Horloge and Château de Dunois, actuellement Musée de l'Orléanais.
How old are the monuments of Beaugency?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
Is Beaugency a protected historic area?
One is on the way: a site patrimonial remarquable for Beaugency is on the ministry’s list, but its rules are still being drawn up.
When were monuments in Beaugency first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2006.
How old are the homes in Beaugency?
14% 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.