InscritHospital · protected 1990Ancienne clinique Sainte-BarbePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Philichel · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Ancienne clinique Sainte-Barbe · Photo: Philichel · Public domain3historic monuments
History of Carmaux · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, none of them classé
The first listing in Carmaux dates from 1990. Carmaux’s monuments include Ancienne clinique Sainte-Barbe and Centrale électrique de la mine de charbon. The oldest date from the 19th century.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
19th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
9.8%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Carmaux’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.
3 monuments by protection
3 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
3 inscrit monuments in Carmaux
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Industrial building · protected 1990Centrale électrique de la mine de charbonPart of the building is protected
War memorial · protected 2018Monument aux morts
Born before 1900
4 people born in Carmaux before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean-Baptiste Calvignac
Jules Pendariès
Michelle Auriol
Gaston Vedel
18501875190019251950
JB
Jean-Baptiste Calvignac1854–1934 · French politician
JP
Jules Pendariès1862–1933 · French sculptor
MA
Michelle Auriol1896–1979
GV
Gaston Vedel1899–1993 · French aviator
Everyone born in Carmaux Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Carmaux
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmaux | 9,872 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Blaye-les-Mines | 2,902 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cagnac-les-Mines | 2,621 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois | 4,590 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Arthès | 2,528 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Juéry | 6,564 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Albi | 51,290 | 37 | 8 | Yes |
In brief
Carmaux in brief
The official list counts 3 historic monuments in Carmaux, including Ancienne clinique Sainte-Barbe. Jean-Baptiste Calvignac (1854), Jules Pendariès (1862) and Michelle Auriol (1896) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. The oldest is Ancienne clinique Sainte-Barbe, from the 19th century. The rest is about typical: it has 3 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); the list grew between 1990 and 2018; and 9.8% 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 Carmaux
How many historic monuments are there in Carmaux?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Carmaux: 3 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Carmaux?
9.8% 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.