ClasséCemetery · protected 2019Mémorial des batailles de la Marne comprenant la chapelle haute de la Reconnaissance, la crypte, la sacristie, la maison du gardien, la galerie du cloître, l'ossuaire avec sa chambre de recueillement, la lanterne des morts, le cadran solaire et la table d'orientation ainsi que les rampes et les escaliers d'accès au monument et son mur de soutènementPhoto: Arnaud95 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Église de Soilly · Photo: MTOURE51 · CC BY-SA 3.03historic monuments
History of Dormans · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, 3 classé
Protection in Dormans began in 1862. The oldest monuments in Dormans date from the 14th century. We have photos of 3 of Dormans’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Oldest part
14th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
9.9%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Dormans in pictures
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Mémorial des batailles de la Marne comprenant la chapelle haute de la Reconnaissance, la crypte, la sacristie, la maison du gardien, la galerie du cloître, l'ossuaire avec sa chambre de recueillement, la lanterne des morts, le cadran solaire et la table d'orientation ainsi que les rampes et les escaliers d'accès au monument et son mur de soutènementClassé
ÉgliseClasséPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Dormans’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Classé
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
3 monuments by protection
3 Classé
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
3 classé monuments in Dormans
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.
Classé
ClasséBorn before 1900
4 people born in Dormans before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Claude Nicolas Ledoux
Desmousseaux
Marguerite Eynard-Mercier
Maurice Cuvillier
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Claude Nicolas Ledoux1736–1806 · French Neoclassical architect
D
Desmousseaux1785–1854 · French actor
ME
Marguerite Eynard-Mercier1876–1955 · French painter
MC
Maurice Cuvillier1897–1957 · French screenwriter
Everyone born in Dormans Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Dormans has the 7th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 2,900 to 2,900 residents, by historic monuments.
Dormans3
The median town of these has 1. 14 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Dormans
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dormans | 2,890 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Fère-en-Tardenois Aisne | 2,836 | 4 | 3 | — |
| Château-Thierry Aisne | 15,097 | 14 | 5 | Yes |
| Essômes-sur-Marne Aisne | 2,691 | 3 | 2 | Yes |
| Épernay | 22,174 | 8 | 2 | Yes |
| Montmirail | 3,535 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Fismes | 5,850 | 1 | 1 | — |
In brief
Dormans in brief
The official list counts 3 historic monuments in Dormans, 3 of them classé. Mémorial des batailles de la Marne comprenant la chapelle haute de la Reconnaissance, la crypte, la sacristie, la maison du gardien, la galerie du cloître, l'ossuaire avec sa chambre de recueillement, la lanterne des morts, le cadran solaire et la table d'orientation ainsi que les rampes et les escaliers d'accès au monument et son mur de soutènement is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Only 6 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Mémorial des batailles de la Marne comprenant la chapelle haute de la Reconnaissance, la crypte, la sacristie, la maison du gardien, la galerie du cloître, l'ossuaire avec sa chambre de recueillement, la lanterne des morts, le cadran solaire et la table d'orientation ainsi que les rampes et les escaliers d'accès au monument et son mur de soutènement carries the Architecture contemporaine remarquable label. Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Desmousseaux (1785) and Marguerite Eynard-Mercier (1876). Beyond that, the list grew between 1862 and 2019; and 9.9% 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 Dormans
How many historic monuments are there in Dormans?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Dormans: 3 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Dormans are classé?
3, among them Mémorial des batailles de la Marne comprenant la chapelle haute de la Reconnaissance, la crypte, la sacristie, la maison du gardien, la galerie du cloître, l'ossuaire avec sa chambre de recueillement, la lanterne des morts, le cadran solaire et la table d'orientation ainsi que les rampes et les escaliers d'accès au monument et son mur de soutènement and Église de Soilly.
How old are the homes in Dormans?
9.9% 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.