Château de Beyssat · Photo: Fabrice arnaud de laval · CC06 historic monuments, 1 classé
For every 10,000 residents Maringues counts 19 monuments, more per resident than 95% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. The oldest monuments in Maringues date from the 12th century. We have photos of 6 of Maringues’s monuments.
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Maringues in 6 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
église Saint-ÉtienneClassé
Anciennes tanneriesInscrit
Hôtel Grimardias ou hôtel Dumas de VaultInscrit
Ancien hôtel des Ducs de BouillonInscrit
Maison en pans de boisInscrit+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.
Where Maringues’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
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.
One classé monument in Maringues
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.
Classé5 inscrit monuments in Maringues
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritHow old Maringues’ monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
3 of 6 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: église Saint-Étienne (12th–19th c.).
26% of homes in Maringues were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
26% 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 (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
5 people born in Maringues before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Maringues Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Maringues has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,100 to 3,200 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 1. 12 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Maringues
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maringues | 3,141 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Ennezat | 2,748 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Lezoux | 6,528 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Puy-Guillaume | 2,630 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Aigueperse | 2,665 | 7 | 4 | — |
| Pont-du-Château | 12,412 | 5 | 2 | Yes |
| Vertaizon | 3,527 | 2 | 1 | — |
Maringues in brief
For its size, Maringues has more historic monuments than 95% of compared French towns. In all there are 6 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including église Saint-Étienne. Of its homes, 26% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments.
Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 3 of 6. The oldest, église Saint-Étienne, dates from the 12th century. Of the 5 people born here before 1900, the best known include Mathieu Baudet-Lafarge (1765), Jacques Baudet-Lafarge (1803) and César Pierre Andrieu (1735). Beyond that, most entries are houses and homes; and the list grew between 1951 and 2012.
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 Maringues
How many historic monuments are there in Maringues?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Maringues: 1 classé and 5 inscrit.
Which monuments in Maringues are classé?
One: église Saint-Étienne.
How old are the monuments of Maringues?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Maringues first protected?
The first in 1951, the latest in 2012.
How old are the homes in Maringues?
26% 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.