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History of Plougoumelen · Monuments historiques

3 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory

Since 1900, Plougoumelen has had a listed monument. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Plougoumelen, all of them classé, France’s highest heritage protection. We have photos of 3 of them.

Monuments historiques
3
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
5.4%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures

Monuments of Plougoumelen 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 Plougoumelen’s monuments stand

Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.

Ancien cimetière · Classé · 16th c.
Classé

Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.

3 monuments by protection
3 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. 2 monuments have no point on the map.

Classé

3 classé monuments in Plougoumelen

Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 3 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.

Towns its size

Plougoumelen has the 8th most monuments of 41 towns its size

Compared French towns of 2,600 to 2,700 residents, by historic monuments.

Neighbors

Historic monuments in the towns around Plougoumelen

TownResidentsMonumentsClasséProtected area
Plougoumelen2,66433—
Le Bono2,60852—
Pluneret6,26221—
Baden5,08660—
Ploeren6,79010—
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray2,88941—
Auray14,207233Yes
In brief

Plougoumelen in brief

Six sépultures circulaires sous tertre tumulaire, from prehistory, is the oldest monument in Plougoumelen. In all there are 3 historic monuments, 3 of them classé, including Six sépultures circulaires sous tertre tumulaire. Only 7 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1900 and 1930; and 5.4% 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 Plougoumelen

How many historic monuments are there in Plougoumelen?

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Plougoumelen: 3 classé and 0 inscrit.

Which monuments in Plougoumelen are classé?

3, among them Six sépultures circulaires sous tertre tumulaire, Tumulus-dolmen du Rocher and Ancien cimetière.

How old are the homes in Plougoumelen?

5.4% 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.