ClasséMilitary building · protected 1951Camp gaulois de la pointe de KervédanPhoto: Lyokoï88 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Camp gaulois de la pointe de Kervédan · Photo: Lyokoï88 · CC BY-SA 4.05historic monuments
History of Groix · Monuments historiques
5 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Groix: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). That’s 22 for every 10,000 residents; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 5 of them.
Monuments historiques
5
22 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
23%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Groix in 5 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Dolmen dit de Vagouar-HuenClassé
Dolmens dits Men Cam et Men YannClassé
Menhir de Mez-KerlardClassé
Phare de Pen-MenInscrit+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 Groix’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.4
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.0
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution0
19th century 1801–19001
20th century and later since 19010
4 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Camp gaulois de la pointe de Kervédan (Prehistory).
Map
Where Groix’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.
5 monuments by protection
4 Classé1 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
4 classé monuments in Groix
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.
Classé
ClasséDolmen · protected 1969Dolmens dits Men Cam et Men YannPhoto: Lyokoï88 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséStanding stone · protected 1970Menhir de Mez-KerlardPhoto: Lyokoï88 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
One inscrit monument in Groix
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritAge of homes
23% of homes in Groix were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
23%
Before 1919
7.5%
1919–45
10%
1946–70
26%
1971–90
18%
1991–2005
15%
2006 on
GroixMedian compared French town
23% 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.
Born before 1900
4 people born in Groix before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Guillaume-Marcelin Proteau
Laurent-Victor Noël
Eugène Raude
Firmin Tristan
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GM
Guillaume-Marcelin Proteau1772–1837 · French officer
LV
Laurent-Victor Noël1823–1891 · French politician
ER
Eugène Raude1878–1955 · French politician
FT
Firmin Tristan1886–1965 · French politician
Everyone born in Groix Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Groix
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groix | 2,310 | 5 | 4 | — |
| Larmor-Plage | 8,418 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Ploemeur | 18,872 | 6 | 0 | — |
| Port-Louis | 2,608 | 9 | 3 | Yes |
| Locmiquélic | 4,093 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Riantec | 5,865 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lorient | 58,329 | 5 | 1 | — |
In brief
Groix in brief
Camp gaulois de la pointe de Kervédan, from prehistory, is the oldest monument in Groix. All told, the list holds 5 historic monuments, 4 of them classé. Of its homes, 23% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Of the 5 with a date, 4 come from prehistory or Antiquity. Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include Guillaume-Marcelin Proteau (1772), Laurent-Victor Noël (1823) and Eugène Raude (1878). Beyond that, most entries are tombs and cemeteries; and the list grew between 1951 and 2015.
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 Groix
How many historic monuments are there in Groix?
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Groix: 4 classé and 1 inscrit.
Which monuments in Groix are classé?
4, among them Camp gaulois de la pointe de Kervédan, Dolmen dit de Vagouar-Huen, Dolmens dits Men Cam et Men Yann and Menhir de Mez-Kerlard.
How old are the monuments of Groix?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
When were monuments in Groix first protected?
The first in 1951, the latest in 2015.
How old are the homes in Groix?
23% 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.