InscritChurch · protected 2018Église paroissiale Saint- PierrePhoto: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fontaine · Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.06historic monuments
History of Salernes · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, none of them classé
For every 10,000 residents Salernes counts 15 monuments, more per resident than 92% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. The oldest date from the 17th century. We have photos of 3 of them.
Monuments historiques
6
15 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
6
the second level
Oldest part
17th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
17%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Salernes 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 Salernes’ 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.
6 monuments by protection
6 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
6 inscrit monuments in Salernes
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritBridge · protected 1981Pont du Gourgaret sur la BresquePhoto: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritFountain · protected 1926Fontaine, place de la RévolutionPhoto: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
House · protected 2021Maison Issaurat
Cave · protected 2020Grotte de Fontbrégoua
Industrial building · protected 2018Minoterie de Saint-Barthélemy
Age of homes
17% of homes in Salernes were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
17%
Before 1919
7.9%
1919–45
13%
1946–70
24%
1971–90
15%
1991–2005
22%
2006 on
SalernesMedian compared French town
17% 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.
Towns its size
Salernes has the 7th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,000 to 4,000 residents, by historic monuments.
Salernes6
#7 of 41for monuments per resident (15 per 10,000). Most per resident: Rives-en-Seine, Erdeven and Sévérac d'Aveyron.
The median town of these has 2. 9 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Salernes
In brief
Salernes in brief
For its size, Salernes has more historic monuments than 92% of compared French towns. In all there are 6 historic monuments. Of its homes, 17% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Only 6 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. The oldest is Maison Issaurat, from the 17th century. The rest is about typical: Jean-Baptiste Chaudié (1853) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1926 and 2021.
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 Salernes
How many historic monuments are there in Salernes?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Salernes: 6 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the monuments of Salernes?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 17th century.
When were monuments in Salernes first protected?
The first in 1926, the latest in 2021.
How old are the homes in Salernes?
17% 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.