ClasséChâteau · protected 1988Domaine de ChantillyPart of the building is protectedPhoto: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Domaine de Chantilly · Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 4.07historic monuments
History of Chantilly · Monuments historiques
7 historic monuments, 3 classé
Chantilly has 6.6 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 77% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest monuments in Chantilly date from the 16th century. We have photos of 7 of Chantilly’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
7
6.6 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
16th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
11%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Chantilly in 7 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'AssomptionClassé
Pavillon de ManseClassé
HippodromeInscrit
La FaisanderieInscrit
Ancien Hôtel Spoelberch de LovenjoulInscrit+2See 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 Chantilly’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
3 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.
Classé
3 classé monuments in Chantilly
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.
Classé
ClasséChurch · protected 1965Église Notre-Dame-de-l'AssomptionPhoto: Mel22 · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Chantilly
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritTown house · protected 1989Ancien Hôtel Spoelberch de LovenjoulPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Mel22 · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1975La FaisanderiePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Mel22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritMonument · protected 1970Table du Roi, dit Poteau de la TablePhoto: Mel22 · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritPublic building · protected 1995HippodromePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
How old
How old Chantilly’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.0
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution3
19th century 1801–19002
20th century and later since 19010
The oldest dated: Domaine de Chantilly (16th–19th c.). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
Born before 1900
12 people born in Chantilly before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Anne de Montmorency
François de Montmorency
Henri Ier de Montmorency
Jean-François Hollier
Jean-François Robert
Maubant
Eugène Müller
Antoine Guillemet
Maurice de La Fargue
Henri Varenne
Louis Bombled
Jean de Laborde
1500165018001950
AM
Anne de Montmorency1493–1567 · First Duke of Montmorency
FM
François de Montmorency1530–1579 · Marshal of France
HI
Henri Ier de Montmorency1534–1614 · Duke of Montmorency;
AG
Antoine Guillemet1841–1918 · French painter
JL
Jean de Laborde1878–1977 · French admiral
JF
Jean-François Hollier1772–1845 · French painter
JF
Jean-François Robert1778–1870 · French painter and lithographer, 1778-1870
M
Maubant1821–1902 · French actor
Everyone born in Chantilly Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Chantilly has the 7th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 10,500 to 10,700 residents, by historic monuments.
Chantilly7
#7 of 41for monuments per resident (6.6 per 10,000). Most per resident: Pernes-les-Fontaines, Villers-Cotterêts and Limoux.
The median town of these has 2. 9 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Chantilly
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantilly | 10,591 | 7 | 3 | — |
| Gouvieux | 8,867 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Maximin | 3,335 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Lamorlaye | 9,082 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Leu-d'Esserent | 4,638 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Coye-la-Forêt | 3,915 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Précy-sur-Oise | 3,332 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Chantilly in brief
Per resident, Chantilly has more historic monuments than 77% of compared French towns. In all there are 7 historic monuments, 3 of them classé. 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: 3 of 5. The oldest, Domaine de Chantilly, dates from the 16th century.
Anne de Montmorency (1493), François de Montmorency (1530) and Henri Ier de Montmorency (1534) are among the 12 people born here before 1900. The classical style marks 3 of its monuments. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1965 and 1995; and 11% 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 Chantilly
How many historic monuments are there in Chantilly?
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Chantilly: 3 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Chantilly are classé?
3, among them Domaine de Chantilly, Pavillon de Manse and Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption.
How old are the monuments of Chantilly?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 16th century.
When were monuments in Chantilly first protected?
The first in 1965, the latest in 1995.
How old are the homes in Chantilly?
11% 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 October 30, 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.