ClasséChurch · protected 1972Ancienne collégiale de ToussaintPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Sedme · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Maison de Henri IV · Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 4.017historic monuments
History of Mortagne-au-Perche · Monuments historiques
17 historic monuments, more per resident than 99% of compared French towns
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2025. The Culture ministry lists 17 historic monuments in Mortagne-au-Perche: 6 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 11 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 12th century. We have photos of 12 of them.
Monuments historiques
17
44 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
6
the highest protection
Inscrit
11
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
28%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Mortagne-au-Perche in 12 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancien couvent des Clarisses de Saint-FrançoisClassé
Ancienne collégiale de ToussaintClassé
Église Notre-DameClassé
HôtelClassé
Église Saint-Germain-de-LoiséClassé+7See 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
Mortagne-au-Perche has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,900 to 3,900 residents, by historic monuments.
Mortagne-au-Perche17
#1 of 41for monuments per resident (44 per 10,000). Most per resident: Mortagne-au-Perche, Belz and Terranjou.
The median town of these has 2. 13 of the 41 have none.
Map
Where Mortagne-au-Perche’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Ancienne collégiale de Toussaint
5 of 6classé monuments stand within 400 m of Ancienne collégiale de Toussaint, with 14 of the town’s 17 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
17 monuments by protection
6 Classé11 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
6 classé monuments in Mortagne-au-Perche
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 5 of the 6 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChurch · protected 1910Église Notre-DamePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Benjism89 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChurch · protected 1972Église Saint-Germain-de-LoiséPhoto: None1580 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséConvent · protected 1920Ancien couvent des Clarisses de Saint-FrançoisPart of the building is protectedPhoto: ThierrFra64 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1979Maison de Henri IVPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown house · protected 1975Hôtel, 22 rue Sainte-CroixPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Benjism89 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
11 inscrit monuments in Mortagne-au-Perche
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritTown gate · protected 1975Porte Saint-DenisPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Benjism89 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown house · protected 1975Ancien Hôtel de LongueilPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Trizek · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1975Maison dite du doyen ToussaintPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Benjism89 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown house · protected 1975Hôtel de FontenayPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Trizek · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown house · protected 1971Hôtel des TaillesPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Brunodumaine · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritMonument · protected 2006Statue de Neptune, située dans le jardin de l'Hôtel de VillePhoto: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
House · protected 1975Maison à tourellePart of the building is protected
Hospital · protected 1997Ancien hôpital Saint-NicolasPart of the building is protected
House · protected 1975Maison dite maison des comtes du PerchePart of the building is protected
House · protected 1995Maison natale du philosophe AlainPart of the building is protected
Monument · protected 1996HippodromePart of the building is protected
What’s protected
Most of Mortagne-au-Perche’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes9
Religious buildings4
Military & fortified1
Public & civic1
Tombs & cemeteries1
Houses & homes: 9 of 17 monuments (53%). 4 are religious buildings, 4 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old
How old Mortagne-au-Perche’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.7
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution7
19th century 1801–19002
20th century and later since 19011
7 of 17 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Porte Saint-Denis (12th–18th c.).
Protected area
Mortagne-au-Perche has had a protected historic area since 2025
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR28-51 | – July 15, 2025 | – |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
When protected
7 of Mortagne-au-Perche’s monuments were protected in 1975
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1975 · 7
1900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1910: Église Notre-Dame. 7 were protected in 1975 alone. None has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
28% of homes in Mortagne-au-Perche were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
28%
Before 1919
8.9%
1919–45
20%
1946–70
27%
1971–90
7.5%
1991–2005
9%
2006 on
Mortagne-au-PercheMedian compared French town
28% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (28%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
20 people born in Mortagne-au-Perche before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Pierre Boucher
Charles Lamy
Gilles Hocquart
Louis Toussaint Julien Jullien-Dubois
Charles de Bonvoust
Jean Denis Fourmy
Alexandre Pau de Saint-Martin
Antoine Charles André René de Puisaye
Grégoire-Jacques Lange
Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye
Jean-Jacques Monanteuil
Paul de Chazot
Adolphe Guérin
Hippolyte Piquet
Achille Giroux
Jules Chaplain
Ernest Granger
Gabriel Marie Brideau
René Veillon
Alain
16001650170017501800185019001950
PB
Pierre Boucher1622–1717 · French settler, soldier, official and governor in New France (Canada)
GH
Gilles Hocquart1694–1783 · Intendent of New France
JG
Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye1755–1827 · French counter-revolutionary
AG
Achille Giroux1816–1854 · French painter
JC
Jules Chaplain1839–1909 · French sculptor
EG
Ernest Granger1844–1914 · French politician
A
Alain1868–1951 · French philosopher
CL
Charles Lamy1689–1743 · French painter
Everyone born in Mortagne-au-Perche Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Mortagne-au-Perche
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortagne-au-Perche | 3,898 | 17 | 6 | Yes |
| Tourouvre au Perche | 2,955 | 5 | 2 | — |
| Longny les Villages | 2,811 | 6 | 2 | Yes |
| Mamers Sarthe | 4,996 | 4 | 2 | Yes |
| L'Aigle | 7,663 | 8 | 2 | — |
In brief
Mortagne-au-Perche in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Mortagne-au-Perche: per resident it has more than 99% of compared French towns. In all there are 17 historic monuments, 6 of them classé, including Maison de Henri IV. The oldest is Porte Saint-Denis, from the 12th century. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population.
Its housing is old: 28% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Ancienne collégiale de Toussaint sits at the heart of it all, with 5 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2025.
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 Mortagne-au-Perche
How many historic monuments are there in Mortagne-au-Perche?
The Culture ministry lists 17 historic monuments in Mortagne-au-Perche: 6 classé and 11 inscrit.
Which monuments in Mortagne-au-Perche are classé?
6, among them Ancienne collégiale de Toussaint, Église Notre-Dame, Église Saint-Germain-de-Loisé, Ancien couvent des Clarisses de Saint-François and Maison de Henri IV.
How old are the monuments of Mortagne-au-Perche?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
Is Mortagne-au-Perche a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Mortagne-au-Perche has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2025.
When were monuments in Mortagne-au-Perche first protected?
The first in 1910, the latest in 2006.
How old are the homes in Mortagne-au-Perche?
28% 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 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.