Citadelle · Photo: dronepicr · CC BY 2.013 historic monuments, more per resident than 98% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 13 historic monuments in Saint-Tropez: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 11 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 16th century. We have photos of 10 of them.
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Saint-Tropez in 10 photos
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Chapelle Sainte-AnneClassé
ÉgliseInscrit
Villa La HuneInscrit
Château de la MoutteInscrit
Chapelle de la MiséricordeInscrit+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.
Saint-Tropez has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,600 to 3,600 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 1. 12 of the 41 have none.
Where Saint-Tropez’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.
2 classé monuments in Saint-Tropez
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 2 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé11 inscrit monuments in Saint-Tropez
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritChurches and religious buildings are the largest group in Saint-Tropez
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Religious buildings: 5 of 13 monuments (38%).
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old Saint-Tropez’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
The oldest dated: Chapelle de Saint-Tropez (16th c.). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
Saint-Tropez’s list has grown since 1921
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
The first was protected in 1921. 2 were protected in 1947 alone. None has been added since 2011.
4 people born in Saint-Tropez before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Saint-Tropez Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Historic monuments in the towns around Saint-Tropez
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Tropez | 3,582 | 13 | 2 | — |
| Gassin | 2,687 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Maxime | 14,118 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Grimaud | 4,587 | 7 | 2 | Yes |
| Cogolin | 12,301 | 0 | 0 | — |
| La Croix-Valmer | 3,855 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Le Plan-de-la-Tour | 3,125 | 1 | 1 | — |
Saint-Tropez in brief
For its size, Saint-Tropez has more historic monuments than 98% of compared French towns. In all there are 13 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments. Of the 11 with a date, 8 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. The oldest is Chapelle de Saint-Tropez, from the 16th century.
Ancien groupe touristique Latitude 43 carries the Architecture contemporaine remarquable label. Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include Jean-François Allard (1785), Marius Bianchi (1823) and Jean-Baptiste, Magloire, Michel Dubouchet (1747). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 9.5% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Saint-Tropez
How many historic monuments are there in Saint-Tropez?
The Culture ministry lists 13 historic monuments in Saint-Tropez: 2 classé and 11 inscrit.
Which monuments in Saint-Tropez are classé?
2, among them Chapelle Sainte-Anne.
How old are the monuments of Saint-Tropez?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 16th century.
When were monuments in Saint-Tropez first protected?
The first in 1921, the latest in 2001.
How old are the homes in Saint-Tropez?
9.5% 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.