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History of Brée · Monuments historiques

2 historic monuments, none of them classé

Brée’s first monument was protected in 1995. Brée’s monuments include Seigneurie de la Grande Courbe and Chapelle Sainte-Croix. The oldest date from the 13th century.

Monuments historiques
2
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
26%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures

Monuments of Brée in pictures

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.

Map

Where Brée’s monuments stand

Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.

Chapelle Sainte-Croix · Inscrit · 16th c.Seigneurie de la Grande Courbe · Inscrit · 13th c.
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 Brée

Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.

Age of homes

26% of homes in Brée were built before 1919

Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).

26%
Before 1919
6.9%
1919–45
7.4%
1946–70
28%
1971–90
14%
1991–2005
18%
2006 on
BréeMedian compared French town

26% 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 (28%).

INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.

Neighbors

Historic monuments in the towns around Brée

TownResidentsMonumentsClasséProtected area
Brée59120—
Montsûrs3,19262—
Évron8,25272—
Argentré2,90610—
Louverné4,34400—
Bonchamp-lès-Laval6,30220—
Mayenne12,88362—
In brief

Brée in brief

More of Brée’s homes are old than in most places: 26% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In all there are 2 historic monuments, including Seigneurie de la Grande Courbe. The oldest, Seigneurie de la Grande Courbe, dates from the 13th century. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1995 and 1996.

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 Brée

How many historic monuments are there in Brée?

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Brée: 2 inscrit, none classé.

How old are the homes in Brée?

26% 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) · 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 October 30, 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.