ClasséConvent · protected 1928Ancienne église et ancien couvent des DominicainsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Enfo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Église Notre-Dame-des-Anges · Photo: Palauenc05 · CC BY-SA 4.08historic monuments
History of Collioure · Monuments historiques
8 historic monuments, more per resident than 97% of compared French towns
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1998. The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Collioure: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from Antiquity. We have photos of 8 of them.
Monuments historiques
8
29 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
5
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
Antiquity
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Collioure in 8 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
ChâteauClassé
Fort carré et tour de l'EtoileClassé
Ancienne église et ancien couvent des DominicainsClassé
Croix de cimetièreClassé
Bâtiment dit de l'Artillerie et anciens rempartsInscrit+3See 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
Collioure has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 2,700 to 2,800 residents, by historic monuments.
Collioure8
#5 of 41for monuments per resident (29 per 10,000). Most per resident: Confolens, Sarre-Union and Quintin.
The median town of these has 1. 10 of the 41 have none.
Map
Where Collioure’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Château
4 of 5classé monuments stand within 400 m of Château, with 5 of the town’s 8 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
8 monuments by protection
5 Classé3 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
5 classé monuments in Collioure
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 5 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChurch · protected 1923Église Notre-Dame-des-AngesPhoto: Palauenc05 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséMilitary building · protected 1991Fort carré et tour de l'EtoilePhoto: Palauenc05 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséInscrit
3 inscrit monuments in Collioure
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
InscritFort · protected 2003Fort DugommierPhoto: Jpbazard Jean-Pierre Bazard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritMilitary building · protected 1927Bâtiment dit de l'Artillerie et anciens rempartsPhoto: Fildefer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
How old
How old Collioure’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.1
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.1
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution3
19th century 1801–19001
20th century and later since 19010
2 of 6 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancienne église et ancien couvent des Dominicains (15th c.). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
Protected area
Collioure has had a protected historic area since 1998
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR76-88 | ZPPAUP September 17, 1998 | ZPPAUP (heritage zone rules) September 17, 1998 |
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.
Age of homes
13% of homes in Collioure were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
8.1%
1919–45
18%
1946–70
38%
1971–90
14%
1991–2005
8.4%
2006 on
CollioureMedian compared French town
13% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (38%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
4 people born in Collioure before 1900
Their lives on one line.
François Berge
Jean-Baptiste Renard de Saint-Malo
Charles Barberet
Georges Castex
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FB
François Berge1779–1832 · French officer
JB
Jean-Baptiste Renard de Saint-Malo1780–1854 · French official (19th century)
CB
Charles Barberet1805–1887 · French historian, geographer, writer
GC
Georges Castex1860–1943 · French painter
Everyone born in Collioure Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Collioure
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collioure | 2,756 | 8 | 5 | Yes |
| Port-Vendres | 4,018 | 8 | 3 | Yes |
| Argelès-sur-Mer | 10,616 | 7 | 3 | — |
| Banyuls-sur-Mer | 4,496 | 4 | 0 | Yes |
| Saint-André | 3,388 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Sorède | 3,512 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Palau-del-Vidre | 3,329 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Collioure in brief
The record in Collioure starts with Ancienne église et ancien couvent des Dominicains, which dates from Antiquity. In all there are 8 historic monuments, 5 of them classé, including Église Notre-Dame-des-Anges. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 97% of compared French towns. Its housing is old: 13% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1998. Of the 6 with a date, 3 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. Beyond that, most entries are military buildings; and the list grew between 1912 and 2003.
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 Collioure
How many historic monuments are there in Collioure?
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Collioure: 5 classé and 3 inscrit.
Which monuments in Collioure are classé?
5, among them Ancienne église et ancien couvent des Dominicains, Église Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Croix de cimetière and Fort carré et tour de l'Etoile.
How old are the monuments of Collioure?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from Antiquity.
Is Collioure a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Collioure has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1998.
When were monuments in Collioure first protected?
The first in 1912, the latest in 2003.
How old are the homes in Collioure?
13% 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.