ClasséDolmen · protected 1978Dolmen à couloir et chambre circulaire dit Dolmen de NelhouëtPhoto: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Dolmen à couloir et chambre circulaire dit Dolmen de Nelhouët · Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.07historic monuments
History of Caudan · Monuments historiques
7 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Caudan: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). That’s 9.7 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 85% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 6 of them.
Monuments historiques
7
9.7 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
6
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
2.3%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Caudan in 6 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-VéritéInscrit
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-TrescoëtInscrit
Fontaine de TrescoëtInscrit
Croix du 16e siècleInscrit
Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-PaulInscrit+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.
How old
How old Caudan’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.1
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.0
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution5
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
1 of 6 dated monuments has parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Dolmen à couloir et chambre circulaire dit Dolmen de Nelhouët (Prehistory). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Map
Where Caudan’s 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.
7 monuments by protection
1 Classé6 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.
Classé
One classé monument in Caudan
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.
Inscrit
6 inscrit monuments in Caudan
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChapel · protected 1925Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-TrescoëtPart of the building is protectedPhoto: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChapel · protected 1934Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-VéritéPhoto: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
Inscrit
InscritChurch · protected 2025Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-PaulPhoto: mael vreizh · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château · protected 2007Château de Bois-Joly
Age of homes
2.3% of homes in Caudan were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
2.3%
Before 1919
2.8%
1919–45
12%
1946–70
46%
1971–90
20%
1991–2005
17%
2006 on
CaudanMedian compared French town
2.3% 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 (46%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Caudan before 1900
Their lives on one line.
François Nicolas Guy Napoléon Faverot de Kerbrech
Marcel Guieysse
Louis Le Leannec
1800182518501875190019251950
FN
François Nicolas Guy Napoléon Faverot de Kerbrech1837–1905 · French officer
MG
Marcel Guieysse1881–1967 · French politician
LL
Louis Le Leannec1889–1959 · French politician
Everyone born in Caudan Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Caudan has the 7th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 7,100 to 7,300 residents, by historic monuments.
Caudan7
#7 of 41for monuments per resident (9.7 per 10,000). Most per resident: Guingamp, Lodève and Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton.
The median town of these has 2. 8 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Caudan
In brief
Caudan in brief
The record in Caudan starts with Dolmen à couloir et chambre circulaire dit Dolmen de Nelhouët, which dates from prehistory. In all there are 7 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Dolmen à couloir et chambre circulaire dit Dolmen de Nelhouët. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 85% of compared French towns. Only 6 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 5 of 6. Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul carries the Architecture contemporaine remarquable label. François Nicolas Guy Napoléon Faverot de Kerbrech (1837), Marcel Guieysse (1881) and Louis Le Leannec (1889) were all born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most entries are churches and religious buildings; and the list grew between 1925 and 2025.
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 Caudan
How many historic monuments are there in Caudan?
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Caudan: 1 classé and 6 inscrit.
Which monuments in Caudan are classé?
One: Dolmen à couloir et chambre circulaire dit Dolmen de Nelhouët.
How old are the monuments of Caudan?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
When were monuments in Caudan first protected?
The first in 1925, the latest in 2025.
How old are the homes in Caudan?
2.3% 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.