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History of Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume · Monuments historiques

5 historic monuments, 2 classé

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume has 20 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 95% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume’s oldest monuments date from the 1st century.

Monuments historiques
5
20 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
1st c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
3.4%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures

Monuments of Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume in pictures

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

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 Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume’s monuments stand

Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.

Sanctuaire de la Sainte-Baume · InscritÉglise · Inscrit · 11th & 12th c.Oratoires et chapelle · Classé · 16th & 17th c.Stèle romaine portant une inscription · Classé · 1st c.
ClasséInscrit

Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.

5 monuments by protection
2 Classé3 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

2 classé monuments in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

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.

Inscrit

3 inscrit monuments in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.

Age of homes

3.4% of homes in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume were built before 1919

Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).

3.4%
Before 1919
2.3%
1919–45
9.7%
1946–70
16%
1971–90
18%
1991–2005
51%
2006 on
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-BaumeMedian compared French town

3.4% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished since 2006 than in any other period (51%).

INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.

Towns its size

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume has the 3rd most monuments of 41 towns its size

Compared French towns of 2,500 to 2,600 residents, by historic monuments.

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume5
#3 of 41for monuments per resident (20 per 10,000). Most per resident: Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Lusignan and Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume.

The median town of these has 2. 9 of the 41 have none.

Neighbors

Historic monuments in the towns around Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

TownResidentsMonumentsClasséProtected area
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume2,52752—
Saint-Zacharie5,87930—
Cuges-les-Pins Bouches-du-Rhône6,23600—
Nans-les-Pins5,21510—
Auriol Bouches-du-Rhône13,03700—
Gémenos Bouches-du-Rhône6,57940—
Roquevaire Bouches-du-Rhône8,91511—
In brief

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume in brief

Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume: per resident it has more than 95% of compared French towns. In all there are 5 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. The oldest is Stèle romaine portant une inscription, from the 1st century.

Only 2 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Its homes are mostly newer: 3.4% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1913 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 Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume

How many historic monuments are there in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume?

The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume: 2 classé and 3 inscrit.

Which monuments in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume are classé?

2, among them Stèle romaine portant une inscription and Oratoires et chapelle.

How old are the monuments of Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume?

The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 1st century.

When were monuments in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume first protected?

The first in 1913, the latest in 2025.

How old are the homes in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume?

3.4% 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) · 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.