ClasséChurch · protected 1961Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-BeaulieuPhoto: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Enceinte médiévale · Photo: Georges Seguin ( Okki ) · CC BY-SA 3.04historic monuments
History of Cucuron · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, 3 classé
The ministry first listed a monument in Cucuron in 1921. Cucuron’s oldest monuments date from the 16th century. 4 of Cucuron’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
16th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
27%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Cucuron in pictures
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Maison dite maison Générat ou maison des ConsulsClassé
Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-BeaulieuClassé
FontaineInscrit+1See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Cucuron’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-Beaulieu
3 of 3classé monuments stand within 400 m of Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-Beaulieu, with 4 of the town’s 4 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
4 monuments by protection
3 Classé1 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
3 classé monuments in Cucuron
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 2 of the 3 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséHouse · protected 1994Maison dite maison Générat ou maison des ConsulsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown walls · protected 1921Enceinte médiévalePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Georges Seguin ( Okki ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
One inscrit monument in Cucuron
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritAge of homes
27% of homes in Cucuron were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
27%
Before 1919
8.9%
1919–45
12%
1946–70
25%
1971–90
16%
1991–2005
10%
2006 on
CucuronMedian compared French town
27% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (27%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Cucuron before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Louis Dubouquet
Jean-Joseph Ferréol
Gustave Delestrac
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LD
Louis Dubouquet1740–1814 · French general
JJ
Jean-Joseph Ferréol1808–1853 · Roman Catholic bishop
GD
Gustave Delestrac1844–1933 · French politician
Everyone born in Cucuron Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Cucuron
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucuron | 1,885 | 4 | 3 | — |
| Villelaure | 3,398 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cadenet | 4,363 | 2 | 1 | — |
| La Tour-d'Aigues | 4,405 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Pertuis | 19,548 | 9 | 3 | Yes |
| Lauris | 3,921 | 3 | 1 | — |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron Bouches-du-Rhône | 5,459 | 3 | 2 | — |
In brief
Cucuron in brief
More of Cucuron’s homes are old than in most places: 27% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In all there are 4 historic monuments, 3 of them classé, including Enceinte médiévale. Its classé monuments cluster together: 3 of them stand within 400 m of Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-Beaulieu.
Louis Dubouquet (1740), Jean-Joseph Ferréol (1808) and Gustave Delestrac (1844) were all born here before 1900. The oldest is Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-Beaulieu, from the 16th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1921 and 1994.
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 Cucuron
How many historic monuments are there in Cucuron?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Cucuron: 3 classé and 1 inscrit.
Which monuments in Cucuron are classé?
3, among them Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-Beaulieu, Maison dite maison Générat ou maison des Consuls and Enceinte médiévale.
How old are the homes in Cucuron?
27% 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 October 30, 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.