Pont aqueduc de la Canaù, ouvrage d'art du canal Saint-Julien sur la rivière le Coulon, situé au quartier Entre-Deux-Vallats · Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.014 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2022
The Culture ministry lists 14 historic monuments in Cavaillon: 9 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). That’s 5.5 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 72% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 1st century. We have photos of 13 of them.
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Cavaillon in 13 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Chapelle Notre-Dame des VignèresClassé
Ermitage Saint-Jacques (ancien)Classé
Ancien hôpital, actuellement musée archéologiqueClassé
Arc antiqueClassé
Ancienne cathédrale, puis église paroissiale Saint-VéranClassé+8See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Cavaillon has had a protected historic area since 2022
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR93-47 | – April 13, 2022 | – |
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.
Where Cavaillon’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.
9 classé monuments in Cavaillon
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 2 of the 9 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé5 inscrit monuments in Cavaillon
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 Cavaillon
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Religious buildings: 6 of 14 monuments (43%).
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old Cavaillon’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
4 of 9 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Arc antique (1st c.). 5 monuments have no date on the list.
Cavaillon’s list has grown since 1840
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1840: Ancienne cathédrale, puis église paroissiale Saint-Véran and Arc antique. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 2 have been added since 2011.
6 people born in Cavaillon before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Cavaillon Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Cavaillon has the 10th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 24,400 to 27,000 residents, by historic monuments.
Historic monuments in the towns around Cavaillon
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavaillon | 25,636 | 14 | 9 | Yes |
| Plan-d'Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 3,573 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robion | 4,816 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cheval-Blanc | 4,362 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 2,762 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Cabannes Bouches-du-Rhône | 4,595 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Andiol Bouches-du-Rhône | 3,353 | 2 | 2 | — |
Cavaillon in brief
The record in Cavaillon starts with Arc antique, which dates from the 1st century. In all there are 14 historic monuments, 9 of them classé, including Pont aqueduc de la Canaù, ouvrage d'art du canal Saint-Julien sur la rivière le Coulon, situé au quartier Entre-Deux-Vallats. Its classé monuments cluster together: 7 of them stand within 400 m of Ancienne cathédrale, puis église paroissiale Saint-Véran. In 2021 the Mission Patrimoine picked Pont aqueduc de la Canaù, ouvrage d'art du canal Saint-Julien sur la rivière le Coulon, situé au quartier Entre-Deux-Vallats as a monument in danger to save.
Only 9 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2022. Of the 6 people born here before 1900, the best known include César de Bus (1544), Jean-Charles Monnier (1758) and Joseph Chabran (1763). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and 7.8% 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 Cavaillon
How many historic monuments are there in Cavaillon?
The Culture ministry lists 14 historic monuments in Cavaillon: 9 classé and 5 inscrit.
Which monuments in Cavaillon are classé?
9, among them Arc antique, Chapelle Notre-Dame des Vignères, Bain rituel juif, Pont aqueduc de la Canaù, ouvrage d'art du canal Saint-Julien sur la rivière le Coulon, situé au quartier Entre-Deux-Vallats, Ancien hôpital, actuellement musée archéologique and Hôtel de Pérussis.
How old are the monuments of Cavaillon?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 1st century.
Is Cavaillon a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Cavaillon has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2022.
When were monuments in Cavaillon first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2011.
How old are the homes in Cavaillon?
7.8% 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.