ClasséCastle · protected 1981Château (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château (ancien) · Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.010historic monuments
History of La Ferté-Bernard · Monuments historiques
10 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1994
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in La Ferté-Bernard: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 7 inscrit (the second level). That’s 11 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 88% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 11th century. We have photos of 10 of them.
Monuments historiques
10
11 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
7
the second level
Oldest part
11th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
11%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
La Ferté-Bernard in 10 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Notre-Dame-des-MaraisClassé
Porte (ancienne)Classé
MaisonInscrit
Halles (anciennes)Inscrit
Fontaine CarnotInscrit+5See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Protected area
La Ferté-Bernard has had a protected historic area since 1994
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR52-56 | ZPPAUP April 25, 1994 | ZPPAUP (heritage zone rules) April 25, 1994 |
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.
Map
Where La Ferté-Bernard’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
10 monuments by protection
3 Classé7 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.
Classé
3 classé monuments in La Ferté-Bernard
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 3 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Classé
ClasséInscrit
7 inscrit monuments in La Ferté-Bernard
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
Inscrit
InscritTown house · protected 1993Hôtel Courtin de TorsayPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Jérémie CANTY · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChurch · protected 1986Église Saint-Antoine-de-RochefortPhoto: Jérémie CANTY · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1929Maison, 15 rue de l'HuisnePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritHouse · protected 1926Maison, 14 rue CarnotPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What’s protected
Most of La Ferté-Bernard’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes5
Religious buildings2
Military & fortified1
Bridges & engineering1
Houses & homes: 5 of 10 monuments (50%). 2 are religious buildings, 1 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old
How old La Ferté-Bernard’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.2
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution3
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
2 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Château (ancien) (11th–17th c.). 5 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
2 of La Ferté-Bernard’s monuments were protected in 1926
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1840186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1840: Église Notre-Dame-des-Marais. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 2 were protected in 1926 alone. None has been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
3 people born in La Ferté-Bernard before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Robert Garnier
Antoine Louis Philibert Bailleul
Louis Charles René Verité
1500165018001950
RG
Robert Garnier1545–1590 · French tragic poet
AL
Antoine Louis Philibert Bailleul1751–1807 · French politician
LC
Louis Charles René Verité1753–1836 · French politician
Everyone born in La Ferté-Bernard Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
La Ferté-Bernard has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 8,600 to 8,900 residents, by historic monuments.
La Ferté-Bernard10
#2 of 41for monuments per resident (11 per 10,000). Most per resident: Sarlat-la-Canéda, La Ferté-Bernard and Les Hauts-d'Anjou.
The median town of these has 2. 10 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around La Ferté-Bernard
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ferté-Bernard | 8,740 | 10 | 3 | Yes |
| Cherré-Au | 2,758 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Val-au-Perche Orne | 3,336 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Vibraye | 2,523 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bonnétable | 3,703 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Connerré | 2,780 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou Eure-et-Loir | 9,292 | 12 | 4 | — |
In brief
La Ferté-Bernard in brief
The record in La Ferté-Bernard starts with Château (ancien), which dates from the 11th century. In all there are 10 historic monuments, 3 of them classé, including Château (ancien). Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 88% of compared French towns. Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments.
Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1994. Most entries on the list, 50%, are houses and homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 3 of 5. The rest is about typical: 11% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 La Ferté-Bernard
How many historic monuments are there in La Ferté-Bernard?
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in La Ferté-Bernard: 3 classé and 7 inscrit.
Which monuments in La Ferté-Bernard are classé?
3, among them Château (ancien), Église Notre-Dame-des-Marais and Porte (ancienne).
How old are the monuments of La Ferté-Bernard?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
Is La Ferté-Bernard a protected historic area?
Yes: part of La Ferté-Bernard has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1994.
When were monuments in La Ferté-Bernard first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 1993.
How old are the homes in La Ferté-Bernard?
11% 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.