ClasséManor house · protected 1993Manoir de Le May, appelé aussi Le Mée, ou LemaisPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Hanzo56 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cimetière · Photo: Auteurp · CC BY-SA 3.06historic monuments
History of Guéhenno · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, 2 classé
Guéhenno’s oldest monuments date from the 10th century. 6 of Guéhenno’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
6
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
25%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Guéhenno in 6 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Manoir de Le May, appelé aussi Le Mée, ou LemaisClassé
Calvaire du 16e siècleInscrit
Croix du 17e siècle de la Ville MartelInscrit
Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Jean-BaptisteInscrit
Croix monolitheInscrit+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 Guéhenno’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.
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 Guéhenno
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.
ClasséCemetery · protected 1924CimetièrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Auteurp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Guéhenno
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
Inscrit
InscritChurch · protected 1928Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Jean-BaptistePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Auteurp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritCross · protected 1935Croix du 17e siècle de la Ville MartelPhoto: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
How old
How old Guéhenno’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.2
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution4
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
2 of 6 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Croix monolithe (Middle Ages).
Age of homes
25% of homes in Guéhenno were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
25%
Before 1919
9.7%
1919–45
18%
1946–70
26%
1971–90
11%
1991–2005
10%
2006 on
GuéhennoMedian compared French town
25% 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.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Guéhenno
In brief
Guéhenno in brief
Guéhenno’s oldest monument, Croix monolithe, dates from the 10th century. All told, the list holds 6 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. Of its homes, 25% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Of the 6 with a date, 4 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. The rest is about typical: most entries are churches and religious buildings; and the list grew between 1924 and 1993.
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 Guéhenno
How many historic monuments are there in Guéhenno?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Guéhenno: 2 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Guéhenno are classé?
2, among them Manoir de Le May, appelé aussi Le Mée, ou Lemais.
How old are the monuments of Guéhenno?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 10th century.
When were monuments in Guéhenno first protected?
The first in 1924, the latest in 1993.
How old are the homes in Guéhenno?
25% 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 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.