ClasséStanding stone · protected 1934Menhir dit Pierre-du-DiablePhoto: Dileborn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Menhir dit Pierre-du-Diable · Photo: Dileborn · CC BY-SA 4.04historic monuments
History of La Garnache · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in La Garnache: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). The first listing in La Garnache dates from 1925.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
9.2%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of La Garnache 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 La Garnache’s 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.
4 monuments by protection
1 Classé3 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 La Garnache
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
3 inscrit monuments in La Garnache
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChâteau · protected 1925Château (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Cécile Didier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Manor house · protected 1975Manoir dit La Vieille Fonteclose (Maison de Charette)Part of the building is protected
Burial mound · protected 1960Tumulus dit La Butte Cavalière
Towns its size
La Garnache has the 10th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 5,400 to 5,600 residents, by historic monuments.
La Garnache4
The median town of these has 2. 8 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around La Garnache
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Garnache | 5,515 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Challans | 22,943 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Sallertaine | 3,518 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron | 2,727 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Soullans | 4,654 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Machecoul-Saint-Même Loire-Atlantique | 7,689 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Gervais | 2,781 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
La Garnache in brief
The record in La Garnache starts with Menhir dit Pierre-du-Diable, which dates from prehistory. All told, the list holds 4 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Menhir dit Pierre-du-Diable. Only 9 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Armand Charles de Baudry d'Asson (1862) was born here before 1900; the list grew between 1925 and 1975; and 9.2% 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 La Garnache
How many historic monuments are there in La Garnache?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in La Garnache: 1 classé and 3 inscrit.
Which monuments in La Garnache are classé?
One: Menhir dit Pierre-du-Diable.
How old are the homes in La Garnache?
9.2% 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.