Archaeological site · protected 2009Site protohistorique de l'oppidum de Cordouls
Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.03historic monuments
History of Puylaurens · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up. The ministry first listed a monument in Puylaurens in 2009. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Puylaurens, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
28%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Puylaurens’ 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 Puylaurens
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Protected area
A protected historic area is on its way in Puylaurens
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR76-99 | ZPPAUP March 21, 2006 | Still being drawn up |
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.
Age of homes
28% of homes in Puylaurens were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
28%
Before 1919
9.5%
1919–45
13%
1946–70
22%
1971–90
12%
1991–2005
15%
2006 on
PuylaurensMedian compared French town
28% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (28%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Towns its size
Puylaurens has the 9th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,200 to 3,300 residents, by historic monuments.
Puylaurens3
The median town of these has 1. 11 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Puylaurens
In brief
Puylaurens in brief
Site protohistorique de l'oppidum de Cordouls, from prehistory, is the oldest monument in Puylaurens. All told, the list holds 3 historic monuments. Its housing is old: 28% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Only 8 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Beyond that, François Solomiac (1747) and Philippe de Ranchin-Lacan (1768) were born here before 1900; and the list grew between 2009 and 2015.
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 Puylaurens
How many historic monuments are there in Puylaurens?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Puylaurens: 3 inscrit, none classé.
Is Puylaurens a protected historic area?
One is on the way: a site patrimonial remarquable for Puylaurens is on the ministry’s list, but its rules are still being drawn up.
How old are the homes in Puylaurens?
28% 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.