ClasséTown walls · protected 1979Remparts (restes) et tour dite des AnglaisPhoto: Ketounette · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Remparts (restes) et tour dite des Anglais · Photo: Ketounette · CC BY-SA 4.05historic monuments
History of Vaucouleurs · Monuments historiques
5 historic monuments, 5 classé
The oldest monuments in Vaucouleurs date from the 12th century. Vaucouleurs has 26 monuments for every 10,000 residents; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 4 of Vaucouleurs’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
5
26 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
5
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
21%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Vaucouleurs in pictures
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. 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 Vaucouleurs’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséWithin 400 m of Château
4 of 5classé monuments stand within 400 m of Château, with 4 of the town’s 5 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
5 monuments by protection
5 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
5 classé monuments in Vaucouleurs
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 5 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Classé
Classé
ClasséChâteau · protected 1893ChâteauPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Adidelot · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fortified house · protected 1979Tour du Roi
How old
How old Vaucouleurs’ monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.4
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution1
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
4 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Remparts (restes) et tour dite des Anglais (12th c.).
Age of homes
21% of homes in Vaucouleurs were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
21%
Before 1919
14%
1919–45
20%
1946–70
25%
1971–90
10%
1991–2005
10%
2006 on
VaucouleursMedian compared French town
21% 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 (25%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
5 people born in Vaucouleurs before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean-Baptiste Ladvocat
Claude Jacquemart
Madame du Barry
Pierre Alexis de Pinteville
Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier
170017501800185019001950
MB
Madame du Barry1743–1793 · French noblewoman by marriage (1743–1793), last mistress of Louis XV …
AH
Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier1863–1936 · Catholic cardinal
JB
Jean-Baptiste Ladvocat1709–1765 · French lexicographer and librarian
CJ
Claude Jacquemart1739–1796 · French politician
PA
Pierre Alexis de Pinteville1771–1850 · French officer
Everyone born in Vaucouleurs Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Vaucouleurs
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaucouleurs | 1,906 | 5 | 5 | — |
| Foug Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2,628 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Écrouves Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4,474 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Toul Meurthe-et-Moselle | 15,768 | 53 | 6 | Yes |
| Commercy | 5,350 | 9 | 5 | Yes |
| Gondreville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2,635 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Ligny-en-Barrois | 3,677 | 7 | 1 | — |
In brief
Vaucouleurs in brief
Vaucouleurs’s oldest monument, Remparts (restes) et tour dite des Anglais, dates from the 12th century. All told, the list holds 5 historic monuments, 5 of them classé, including Remparts (restes) et tour dite des Anglais. Of its homes, 21% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Of the 5 with a date, 4 come from the Middle Ages. Madame du Barry (1743), Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier (1863) and Jean-Baptiste Ladvocat (1709) are among the 5 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1893 and 1994.
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 Vaucouleurs
How many historic monuments are there in Vaucouleurs?
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Vaucouleurs: 5 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Vaucouleurs are classé?
5, among them Remparts (restes) et tour dite des Anglais, Tour du Roi, Château de Gombervaux and Église Saint-Laurent.
How old are the monuments of Vaucouleurs?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Vaucouleurs first protected?
The first in 1893, the latest in 1994.
How old are the homes in Vaucouleurs?
21% 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.