Dolmen · protected 1988Dolmen de la Bertrandoune
Photo: Milca56 · CC BY-SA 4.02historic monuments
History of Prayssac · Monuments historiques
2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
Since 1973, Prayssac has had a listed monument. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Prayssac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Monuments historiques
2
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Prayssac’s 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.
2 monuments by protection
2 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
2 inscrit monuments in Prayssac
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Castle · protected 1973Château du ThéronPart of the building is protected
Age of homes
13% of homes in Prayssac were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
4.5%
1919–45
19%
1946–70
32%
1971–90
18%
1991–2005
13%
2006 on
PrayssacMedian compared French town
13% 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 (32%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
5 people born in Prayssac before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Blaise Dubruel
Antoine Lemosy
Jean-Baptiste Bessières
Bertrand Bessières
Gaspard Dubruel
170017501800185019001950
JB
Jean-Baptiste Bessières1768–1813 · Marshal of France
BB
Bertrand Bessières1773–1854 · French general
BD
Blaise Dubruel1740–1820 · French politician
AL
Antoine Lemosy1741–1814 · French politician
GD
Gaspard Dubruel1805–1885 · French politician
Everyone born in Prayssac Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Prayssac
In brief
Prayssac in brief
Prayssac’s oldest monument, Dolmen de la Bertrandoune, dates from prehistory. In all there are 2 historic monuments. Its housing is old: 13% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Bertrand Bessières (1773) and Blaise Dubruel (1740). The rest is about typical: it has 2 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); and the list grew between 1973 and 1988.
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 Prayssac
How many historic monuments are there in Prayssac?
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Prayssac: 2 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Prayssac?
13% 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) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 8, 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.