Aqueduct · protected 2021Aqueduc de Gier, section du Pont du Merdanson
Photo: Toutaitanous · CC BY-SA 3.02historic monuments
History of Orliénas · Monuments historiques
2 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
Protection in Orliénas began in 2021. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Orliénas, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Monuments historiques
2
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
Antiquity
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
17%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Orliénas’ 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.
2 monuments by protection
2 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.
Inscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Orliénas
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Engineering work · protected 2024Aqueduc du Gier pour le lieu-dit «Le Violon»
Age of homes
17% of homes in Orliénas were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
17%
Before 1919
4.6%
1919–45
8.4%
1946–70
25%
1971–90
21%
1991–2005
24%
2006 on
OrliénasMedian compared French town
17% 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 (25%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Orliénas before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Benoît Fond
Ferdinand Jean Luigini
Victor Tardieu
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VT
Victor Tardieu1870–1937 · French painter
BF
Benoît Fond1793–1888 · French politician
FJ
Ferdinand Jean Luigini1870–1943 · painter from France
Everyone born in Orliénas Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Orliénas
In brief
Orliénas in brief
Aqueduc de Gier, section du Pont du Merdanson, from Antiquity, is the oldest monument in Orliénas. All told, the list holds 2 historic monuments. Of its homes, 17% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Victor Tardieu (1870), Benoît Fond (1793) and Ferdinand Jean Luigini (1870) were all born here before 1900. Beyond that, it has 2 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); and the list grew between 2021 and 2024.
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 Orliénas
How many historic monuments are there in Orliénas?
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Orliénas: 2 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Orliénas?
17% 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) · 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.