ClasséChâteau · protected 1840Ancien château, actuellement Musée international de la ChassePhoto: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancien château, actuellement Musée international de la Chasse · Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.05historic monuments
History of Gien · Monuments historiques
5 historic monuments, 1 classé
For every 10,000 residents Gien counts 3.7 monuments, more per resident than 62% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. The oldest monuments in Gien date from the 10th century. We have photos of 4 of Gien’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
5
3.7 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
6.4%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Gien in pictures
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Vestiges du manoir de Jean d'ArrabloyInscrit
ImmeublesInscrit
Église paroissiale Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc (ancienne église Saint-Pierre)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.
Map
Where Gien’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
5 monuments by protection
1 Classé4 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. 2 monuments have no point on the map.
Classé
One classé monument in Gien
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.
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Gien
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritManor house · protected 1926Vestiges du manoir de Jean d'ArrabloyPhoto: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChurch · protected 1940Église paroissiale Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc (ancienne église Saint-Pierre)Photo: Jackogamer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritBuilding · protected 1941Immeubles, 1, 3 rue de l'Hôtel-de-VillePhoto: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chapel · protected 2022Chapelle de l’hôpital
How old
How old Gien’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.3
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution1
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19011
3 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Vestiges du manoir de Jean d'Arrabloy (Middle Ages).
Born before 1900
19 people born in Gien before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Salomon Certon
Edme Lin Clet de Rancourt de Villiers
René Louis Delagueulle de Coinces
Pierre Janson
Louis Paultre des Épinettes
Pierre Germain Dartonne
Claude-Alexandre Ysabeau
Claude-Benjamin Vallet
Pierre Guérin Des Marchais
Pierre César Gudin des Bardelières
Étienne Marcel
Pierre Eugène Lesguillon
François-Edme Rameau de Saint-Père
Adolphe Nibelle
Philippe Baucheron de Boissoudy
François Beaupin
Henri Jamet
Amédée Guiard
Jean Huré
155016001650170017501800185019001950
CA
Claude-Alexandre Ysabeau1754–1831 · French politician
JH
Jean Huré1877–1930 · French composer
SC
Salomon Certon1552–1610 · French poet
EL
Edme Lin Clet de Rancourt de Villiers1729–1823 · French politician
RL
René Louis Delagueulle de Coinces1736–1809 · French politician
PJ
Pierre Janson1741–1803 · French politician
LP
Louis Paultre des Épinettes1747–1797 · French politician
PG
Pierre Germain Dartonne1751–1829 · French politician and magistrate
Everyone born in Gien Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Gien has the 7th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 13,100 to 13,800 residents, by historic monuments.
Gien5
#7 of 41for monuments per resident (3.7 per 10,000). Most per resident: Autun, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and Tulle.
The median town of these has 2. 10 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Gien
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gien | 13,459 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Briare | 4,911 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire | 2,543 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire | 3,065 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson | 2,559 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sully-sur-Loire | 5,124 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Lorris | 2,996 | 4 | 2 | — |
In brief
Gien in brief
The record in Gien starts with Vestiges du manoir de Jean d'Arrabloy, which dates from the 10th century. All told, the list holds 5 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Ancien château, actuellement Musée international de la Chasse. Only 6 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 3 of 5. Claude-Alexandre Ysabeau (1754), Jean Huré (1877) and Salomon Certon (1552) are among the 19 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most entries are houses and homes; per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and the list grew between 1840 and 2022.
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 Gien
How many historic monuments are there in Gien?
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Gien: 1 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Gien are classé?
One: Ancien château, actuellement Musée international de la Chasse.
How old are the monuments of Gien?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 10th century.
When were monuments in Gien first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2022.
How old are the homes in Gien?
6.4% 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.