InscritArchaeological site · protected 1995Site archéologique du château de BrûlonPhoto: Yodaspirine · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Site archéologique du château de Brûlon · Photo: Yodaspirine · CC BY-SA 4.02historic monuments
History of Brûlon · Monuments historiques
2 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
Since 1995, Brûlon has had a listed monument. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Brûlon, 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
21%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Brûlon in pictures
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Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Brûlon’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.
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.
Inscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Brûlon
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritPriory · protected 2025Prieuré, 1 rue de l’OuchePhoto: Brunodumaine · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Age of homes
21% of homes in Brûlon were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
21%
Before 1919
6.4%
1919–45
11%
1946–70
30%
1971–90
16%
1991–2005
15%
2006 on
BrûlonMedian compared French town
21% 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 (30%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
6 people born in Brûlon before 1900
Their lives on one line.
François René Guérin
Gabriel François Chenon de Beaumont
Claude Chappe
Abraham Chappe
Émile Grouard
René Gréory
170017501800185019001950
CC
Claude Chappe1763–1805 · French inventor
ÉG
Émile Grouard1840–1931 · French missionary
FR
François René Guérin1735–1812 · French politician
GF
Gabriel François Chenon de Beaumont1741–1819 · French politician
AC
Abraham Chappe1773–1849
RG
René Gréory1895–1967 · French painter
Everyone born in Brûlon Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Brûlon
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brûlon | 1,549 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe | 2,556 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe | 12,326 | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe | 4,693 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Précigné | 2,877 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Évron Mayenne | 8,252 | 7 | 2 | — |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe | 2,514 | 1 | 1 | — |
In brief
Brûlon in brief
Brûlon’s oldest monument, Site archéologique du château de Brûlon, dates from Antiquity. All told, the list holds 2 historic monuments, including Site archéologique du château de Brûlon. Its housing is old: 21% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Claude Chappe (1763), Émile Grouard (1840) and François René Guérin (1735) are among the 6 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1995 and 2025.
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 Brûlon
How many historic monuments are there in Brûlon?
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Brûlon: 2 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Brûlon?
21% 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.