ClasséChâteau · protected 1994Château de BourgonPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Ducatillon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château de Bourgon · Photo: Ducatillon · CC BY-SA 3.06historic monuments
History of Montsûrs · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, 2 classé
For every 10,000 residents Montsûrs counts 19 monuments, more per resident than 94% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. The oldest monuments in Montsûrs date from the 15th century. We have photos of 5 of Montsûrs’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
6
19 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
15th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
24%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Montsûrs in 5 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Château de la Roche-PichemerClassé
PresbytèreInscrit
Tour dite Le Paradis aux Biques (ruines)Inscrit
Église Saint-Martin (ancienne)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 Montsûrs’ 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.
6 monuments by protection
2 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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Classé
2 classé monuments in Montsûrs
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 2 of the 2 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChâteau · protected 1973Château de la Roche-PichemerPart of the building is protectedPhoto: MontdErve · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Montsûrs
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1982Église Saint-Martin (ancienne)Photo: Bazouge53 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritFortified house · protected 1925Tour dite Le Paradis aux Biques (ruines)Photo: Bazouge53 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChâteau · protected 1998Château des IfsPart of the building is protected
Age of homes
24% of homes in Montsûrs were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
24%
Before 1919
8.4%
1919–45
15%
1946–70
28%
1971–90
14%
1991–2005
11%
2006 on
MontsûrsMedian compared French town
24% 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.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Montsûrs before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Alphonse-Victor Angot
Joseph Boüessé
André Besnier
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AV
Alphonse-Victor Angot1844–1917 · French catholic priest and historian
JB
Joseph Boüessé1891–1980 · French politician
AB
André Besnier1895–1955 · French industrialist
Everyone born in Montsûrs Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Montsûrs has the 3rd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,200 to 3,200 residents, by historic monuments.
Montsûrs6
#4 of 41for monuments per resident (19 per 10,000). Most per resident: Ploemel, Saint-Paul-de-Vence and Souillac.
The median town of these has 1. 13 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Montsûrs
In brief
Montsûrs in brief
For its size, Montsûrs has more historic monuments than 94% of compared French towns. In all there are 6 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. Of its homes, 24% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Only 2 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Alphonse-Victor Angot (1844), Joseph Boüessé (1891) and André Besnier (1895) were all born here before 1900. The oldest is Château de Bourgon, from the 15th century. Beyond that, most entries are houses and homes; and the list grew between 1925 and 1998.
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 Montsûrs
How many historic monuments are there in Montsûrs?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Montsûrs: 2 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Montsûrs are classé?
2, among them Château de Bourgon and Château de la Roche-Pichemer.
How old are the monuments of Montsûrs?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 15th century.
When were monuments in Montsûrs first protected?
The first in 1925, the latest in 1998.
How old are the homes in Montsûrs?
24% 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.