Château d'Hutaud · Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.011 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2019
The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Gaillac: 6 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). That’s 6.8 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 77% 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.
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Gaillac in 10 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Fontaine de GriffoulClassé
Maison dite Pierre de BrensClassé
Église Saint-MichelClassé
Église Saint-PierreClassé
Ensemble immobilier dit de la « tour de Palmata »Classé+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.
Gaillac has had a protected historic area since 2019
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR76-97 | AVAP July 9, 2019 | AVAP (heritage area rules) July 9, 2019 |
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.
Where Gaillac’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
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.
6 classé monuments in Gaillac
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé5 inscrit monuments in Gaillac
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritMost of Gaillac’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 6 of 11 monuments (55%). 3 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 2 have no domain on the list.
How old Gaillac’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
4 of 9 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Saint-Michel (11th & 15th c.). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
Gaillac’s list has grown since 1840
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1840: Église Saint-Michel. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 2 were protected in 1927 alone. 2 have been added since 2011.
13% of homes in Gaillac were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
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 (24%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
20 people born in Gaillac before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Gaillac Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Gaillac has the 9th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 15,700 to 16,600 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 3. 6 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Gaillac
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaillac | 16,162 | 11 | 6 | Yes |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn | 4,939 | 6 | 3 | Yes |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn | 3,518 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Rabastens | 5,867 | 8 | 1 | Yes |
| Coufouleux | 3,057 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Graulhet | 13,129 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Albi | 51,290 | 37 | 8 | Yes |
Gaillac in brief
Gaillac’s oldest monument, Église Saint-Michel, dates from the 11th century. In all there are 11 historic monuments, 6 of them classé. Its housing is old: 13% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 77% of compared French towns.
Château d'Hutaud sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. Only 8 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2019.
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 Gaillac
How many historic monuments are there in Gaillac?
The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Gaillac: 6 classé and 5 inscrit.
Which monuments in Gaillac are classé?
6, among them Église Saint-Michel, Église Saint-Pierre, Ensemble immobilier dit de la « tour de Palmata », Maison dite Pierre de Brens, Château d'Hutaud and Fontaine de Griffoul.
How old are the monuments of Gaillac?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
Is Gaillac a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Gaillac has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2019.
When were monuments in Gaillac first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2024.
How old are the homes in Gaillac?
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.