ClasséDolmen · protected 1921Allée couverte coudée de Mané-er-Loh, dite Mané-BrasPhoto: Camille56 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Dolmen à cabinets latéraux de Locqueltas · Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.09historic monuments
History of Locoal-Mendon · Monuments historiques
9 historic monuments, more per resident than 97% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Locoal-Mendon: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from prehistory. We have photos of 8 of them.
Monuments historiques
9
25 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
5
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
9.1%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Locoal-Mendon in 8 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Dolmen à galerie à support gravé de Mané-er-Loh, dit Mané-BrasClassé
Allée couverte coudée de Mané-er-Loh, dite Mané-BrasClassé
Lech de Pen-er-PontClassé
Église Saint-PierreInscrit
Croix de Pen-er-Pont, sur l'isthme de LocoalInscrit+3See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Towns its size
Locoal-Mendon has the 4th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,500 to 3,500 residents, by historic monuments.
Locoal-Mendon9
#4 of 41for monuments per resident (25 per 10,000). Most per resident: Crémieu, Clamecy and Bergues.
The median town of these has 1. 11 of the 41 have none.
Map
Where Locoal-Mendon’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.
9 monuments by protection
4 Classé5 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 Locoal-Mendon
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.
ClasséDolmen · protected 1921Dolmen à cabinets latéraux de LocqueltasPhoto: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséDolmen · protected 1921Dolmen à galerie à support gravé de Mané-er-Loh, dit Mané-BrasPhoto: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséFunerary monument · protected 1942Lech de Pen-er-PontPhoto: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
5 inscrit monuments in Locoal-Mendon
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritFunerary monument · protected 1937Lech Men-er-MenahPhoto: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritCross · protected 1937Croix et les deux lechs du MoustoirPhoto: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChurch · protected 1925Église Saint-PierrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritCross · protected 1935Croix de Pen-er-Pont, sur l'isthme de LocoalPhoto: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cross · protected 1935Trois croix
How old
How old Locoal-Mendon’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.5
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.2
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution1
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
7 of 8 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Allée couverte coudée de Mané-er-Loh, dite Mané-Bras (Prehistory). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Locoal-Mendon
In brief
Locoal-Mendon in brief
The record in Locoal-Mendon starts with Allée couverte coudée de Mané-er-Loh, dite Mané-Bras, which dates from prehistory. In all there are 9 historic monuments, 4 of them classé, including Dolmen à cabinets latéraux de Locqueltas. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 97% of compared French towns.
Only 3 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Most of its dated monuments come from prehistory or Antiquity: 5 of 8. The rest is about typical: most entries are tombs and cemeteries; the list grew between 1921 and 1942; and 9.1% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Locoal-Mendon
How many historic monuments are there in Locoal-Mendon?
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Locoal-Mendon: 4 classé and 5 inscrit.
Which monuments in Locoal-Mendon are classé?
4, among them Allée couverte coudée de Mané-er-Loh, dite Mané-Bras, Dolmen à cabinets latéraux de Locqueltas, Dolmen à galerie à support gravé de Mané-er-Loh, dit Mané-Bras and Lech de Pen-er-Pont.
How old are the monuments of Locoal-Mendon?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
When were monuments in Locoal-Mendon first protected?
The first in 1921, the latest in 1942.
How old are the homes in Locoal-Mendon?
9.1% 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 9, 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.