ClasséChurch · protected 1910Église Notre-DamePhoto: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : BetacommandBot (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Château · Photo: Jochen Jahnke 16:19, 27. Nov. 2008 (CET) · CC BY-SA 3.06historic monuments
History of Château-Larcher · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Château-Larcher: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). That’s 58 for every 10,000 residents; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 5 of them.
Monuments historiques
6
58 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
17%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Château-Larcher in 5 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Notre-DameClassé
Lanterne des MortsClassé
Dolmen d'Arlait BInscrit
Dolmen d'Arlait BInscrit+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.
How old
How old Château-Larcher’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.2
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.3
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution1
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
5 of 6 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Dolmen d'Arlait B (Prehistory).
Map
Where Château-Larcher’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Château
3 of 3classé monuments stand within 400 m of Château, with 4 of the town’s 6 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
6 monuments by protection
3 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
3 classé monuments in Château-Larcher
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 3 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséFunerary monument · protected 1840Lanterne des MortsPhoto: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : BetacommandBot (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChâteau · protected 1912ChâteauPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Jochen Jahnke 16:19, 27. Nov. 2008 (CET) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
3 inscrit monuments in Château-Larcher
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
InscritAge of homes
17% of homes in Château-Larcher were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
17%
Before 1919
6.2%
1919–45
11%
1946–70
32%
1971–90
12%
1991–2005
21%
2006 on
Château-LarcherMedian 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 (32%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Château-Larcher
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Larcher | 1,034 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Vivonne | 4,550 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Iteuil | 2,989 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Smarves | 2,941 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ligugé | 3,444 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis | 2,975 | 3 | 2 | Yes |
| Fontaine-le-Comte | 3,972 | 4 | 1 | — |
In brief
Château-Larcher in brief
Dolmen d'Arlait B, from prehistory, is the oldest monument in Château-Larcher. In all there are 6 historic monuments, 3 of them classé. Of its homes, 17% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Of the 6 with a date, 3 come from the Middle Ages. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most entries are tombs and cemeteries; Pierre Andrault (1767) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1840 and 1977.
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 Château-Larcher
How many historic monuments are there in Château-Larcher?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Château-Larcher: 3 classé and 3 inscrit.
Which monuments in Château-Larcher are classé?
3, among them Église Notre-Dame and Lanterne des Morts.
How old are the monuments of Château-Larcher?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
When were monuments in Château-Larcher first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 1977.
How old are the homes in Château-Larcher?
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 9, 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.