Funerary monument · protected 1910Tombeau romain dit Trophée de Marius
Couvent des Minimes (ancien) · Photo: SombreSanglier · CC BY-SA 4.03historic monuments
History of Pourrières · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, 1 classé
Since 1910, Pourrières has had a listed monument. The oldest monuments in Pourrières date from the 16th century.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
16th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
7.7%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Pourrières’ 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.
3 monuments by protection
1 Classé2 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.
Classé
One classé monument in Pourrières
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
2 inscrit monuments in Pourrières
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritConvent · protected 1991Couvent des Minimes (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: SombreSanglier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fountain · protected 1926Fontaine (vieille)
Born before 1900
3 people born in Pourrières before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Louis-Chrysostome Michel
Émile Rigaud
Germain Nouveau
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ÉR
Émile Rigaud1814–1890 · French lawyer, politician
GN
Germain Nouveau1851–1920 · French poet of the symbolist movement
LC
Louis-Chrysostome Michel1797–1853 · French politician
Everyone born in Pourrières Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Pourrières has the 10th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 5,600 to 5,700 residents, by historic monuments.
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The median town of these has 1. 13 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Pourrières
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pourrières | 5,642 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Trets Bouches-du-Rhône | 10,946 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Rousset Bouches-du-Rhône | 5,425 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Peynier Bouches-du-Rhône | 3,739 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens | 2,818 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume | 17,896 | 7 | 5 | — |
| Rians | 4,223 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Pourrières in brief
Pourrières has 3 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Couvent des Minimes (ancien). Only 9 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Émile Rigaud (1814), Germain Nouveau (1851) and Louis-Chrysostome Michel (1797) were all born here before 1900. The oldest is Fontaine (vieille), from the 16th century. Beyond that, the list grew between 1910 and 1991; and 7.7% 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 Pourrières
How many historic monuments are there in Pourrières?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Pourrières: 1 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Pourrières are classé?
One: Tombeau romain dit Trophée de Marius.
How old are the homes in Pourrières?
7.7% 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.