InscritMonument · protected 1926Aqueduc gallo-romain du Gier dit aussi du Mont Pilat (également sur communes de Brignais, Chaponost, Lyon, Sainte-Foy-lès Lyon, Soucieu-en-Jarrest)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Jmh2o · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
aqueduc du Gier · Photo: User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.07historic monuments
History of Mornant · Monuments historiques
7 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Mornant, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. That’s 11 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 87% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 5 of them.
Monuments historiques
7
11 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
7
the second level
Oldest part
Antiquity
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Mornant in 5 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
aqueduc du GierInscrit
ÉgliseInscrit
Tour de la DîmeInscrit
Aqueduc gallo-romain du Gier dit aussi du Mont Pilat (également sur communes de Brignais, Chaponost, Lyon, Sainte-Foy-lès Lyon, Soucieu-en-Jarrest)Inscrit+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.
Map
Where Mornant’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Inscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
7 monuments by protection
7 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. 5 monuments have no point on the map.
Inscrit
7 inscrit monuments in Mornant
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
Inscrit
Inscrit
InscritAge of homes
13% of homes in Mornant were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
5%
1919–45
8.7%
1946–70
27%
1971–90
21%
1991–2005
26%
2006 on
MornantMedian 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 (27%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Mornant before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean-Baptiste Delorme
François Chaize
Jean Gobet
18501875190019251950
JG
Jean Gobet1888–1980 · French actor
JB
Jean-Baptiste Delorme1865–1950 · French politician
FC
François Chaize1882–1949 · French Catholic bishop in Vietnam
Everyone born in Mornant Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Mornant has the 3rd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 6,200 to 6,400 residents, by historic monuments.
Mornant7
#4 of 41for monuments per resident (11 per 10,000). Most per resident: Loches, Avallon and Terrasson-Lavilledieu.
The median town of these has 2. 12 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Mornant
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mornant | 6,282 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Beauvallon | 4,260 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Chabanière | 4,323 | 6 | 0 | — |
| Taluyers | 2,686 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Orliénas | 2,675 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Montagny | 3,218 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Soucieu-en-Jarrest | 4,660 | 1 | 1 | — |
In brief
Mornant in brief
Mornant’s oldest monument, Aqueduc gallo-romain du Gier dit aussi du Mont Pilat (également sur communes de Brignais, Chaponost, Lyon, Sainte-Foy-lès Lyon, Soucieu-en-Jarrest), dates from Antiquity. All told, the list holds 7 historic monuments, including aqueduc du Gier. Of its homes, 13% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 87% of compared French towns.
Only 2 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Jean Gobet (1888), Jean-Baptiste Delorme (1865) and François Chaize (1882) were all born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: most entries are bridges and engineering works; and the list grew between 1926 and 2018.
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 Mornant
How many historic monuments are there in Mornant?
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Mornant: 7 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the monuments of Mornant?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from Antiquity.
When were monuments in Mornant first protected?
The first in 1926, the latest in 2018.
How old are the homes in Mornant?
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 4, 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.