Bureau du Génie et des Ponts et Chaussées ou ancien asile · Photo: Aristoi · CC BY-SA 3.016 historic monuments, more per resident than 99% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 16 historic monuments in Saint-Pierre: 6 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 10 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 17th century. We have photos of 11 of them.
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Saint-Pierre in 11 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancien théâtreClassé
Maison coloniale de santéClassé
Église du FortClassé
Anciens entrepôtsInscrit
Ancienne cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, actuellement église du MouillageInscrit+6See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Saint-Pierre has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,900 to 4,000 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 2. 9 of the 41 have none.
Where Saint-Pierre’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
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.
6 classé monuments in Saint-Pierre
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.
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Classé10 inscrit monuments in Saint-Pierre
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritBridges and engineering works are the largest group in Saint-Pierre
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Bridges & engineering: 3 of 16 monuments (19%). 2 are religious buildings, 1 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 5 have no domain on the list.
How old Saint-Pierre’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
The oldest dated: Ancienne cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, actuellement église du Mouillage (17th–20th c.).
4 of Saint-Pierre’s monuments were protected in 1996
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1979: Anciens entrepôts and Cachot de Siparis. 4 were protected in 1996 alone. 2 have been added since 2011.
2.1% of homes in Saint-Pierre were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
2.1% 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 (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
27 people born in Saint-Pierre before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
Everyone born in Saint-Pierre Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Historic monuments in the towns around Saint-Pierre
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre | 3,961 | 16 | 6 | — |
| Le Carbet | 3,721 | 5 | 2 | — |
| Le Morne-Rouge | 4,388 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Case-Pilote | 4,537 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Basse-Pointe | 2,852 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Le Lorrain | 6,566 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Schœlcher | 19,478 | 1 | 0 | — |
Saint-Pierre in brief
For its size, Saint-Pierre has more historic monuments than 99% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 16 historic monuments, 6 of them classé, including Bureau du Génie et des Ponts et Chaussées ou ancien asile. Maison coloniale de santé sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments.
Of the 16 with a date, 9 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. The oldest is Ancienne cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, actuellement église du Mouillage, from the 17th century. Pierre-Marie Pory-Papy (1805), Joseph Desmazes (1806) and Auguste-François Perrinon (1812) are among the 27 people born here before 1900.
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 Saint-Pierre
How many historic monuments are there in Saint-Pierre?
The Culture ministry lists 16 historic monuments in Saint-Pierre: 6 classé and 10 inscrit.
Which monuments in Saint-Pierre are classé?
6, among them Cimetière du Fort, Église du Fort, Bureau du Génie et des Ponts et Chaussées ou ancien asile, Ancien théâtre, Maison coloniale de santé and Poudrière Trouvaillant située Lot Saint-James, anciennement Terrain de "Trou Vaillant".
How old are the monuments of Saint-Pierre?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 17th century.
When were monuments in Saint-Pierre first protected?
The first in 1979, the latest in 2023.
How old are the homes in Saint-Pierre?
2.1% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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