Pont sur le Tech · Photo: Fabricio Cardenas · CC BY-SA 4.06 historic monuments, 4 classé
For every 10,000 residents Céret counts 8 monuments, more per resident than 81% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. The oldest monuments in Céret date from the 11th century. We have photos of 5 of Céret’s monuments.
median compared town 2.5
Céret in 5 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-PierreClassé
Fontaine publique des Nou RaigtsClassé
Domaine du château d'AubiryInscrit
Ancien portal de FranceInscrit+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 Céret’s 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.
4 classé monuments in Céret
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.
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Classé2 inscrit monuments in Céret
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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Inscrit12 people born in Céret before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Céret Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Céret has the 9th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 7,400 to 7,600 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 2. 7 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Céret
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Céret | 7,521 | 6 | 4 | — |
| Maureillas-las-Illas | 3,006 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda | 3,529 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Le Boulou | 5,487 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Arles-sur-Tech | 2,815 | 7 | 2 | Yes |
| Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines | 3,059 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Thuir | 8,243 | 3 | 0 | — |
Céret in brief
The record in Céret starts with Église Saint-Pierre, which dates from the 11th century. All told, the list holds 6 historic monuments, 4 of them classé, including Pont sur le Tech. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 81% of compared French towns. Église Saint-Pierre sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m.
Only 8 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. 2 of its monuments, Monument aux morts among them, carry the Architecture contemporaine remarquable label. Louis Companyo (1781), François Jaubert de Passa (1785) and Joseph Anglada (1775) are among the 12 people born here before 1900. Beyond that, the list grew between 1840 and 2006; and 10% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Céret
How many historic monuments are there in Céret?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Céret: 4 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Céret are classé?
4, among them Église Saint-Pierre, Fontaine publique des Nou Raigts, Monument aux morts and Pont sur le Tech.
How old are the monuments of Céret?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
When were monuments in Céret first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2006.
How old are the homes in Céret?
10% 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.