ClasséChâteau · protected 2005Domaine du château des OrmesPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Papy titeuf 10 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Domaine du château des Ormes · Photo: Papy titeuf 10 · CC BY-SA 3.04historic monuments
History of Les Ormes · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, 2 classé
The ministry first listed a monument in Les Ormes in 1934. The oldest monuments in Les Ormes date from the 12th century.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
18%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Les Ormes 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 Les Ormes’ 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
2 Classé2 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
2 classé monuments in Les Ormes
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 2 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Public building · protected 1994Poste à chevaux
Inscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Les Ormes
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChapel · protected 1969Chapelle Sainte-Sulpice (ancienne)
Age of homes
18% of homes in Les Ormes were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
18%
Before 1919
11%
1919–45
19%
1946–70
22%
1971–90
14%
1991–2005
16%
2006 on
Les OrmesMedian compared French town
18% 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 (22%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Les Ormes
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Ormes | 1,613 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Dangé-Saint-Romain | 2,959 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Descartes Indre-et-Loire | 3,369 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine Indre-et-Loire | 4,092 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Châtellerault | 31,003 | 16 | 6 | Yes |
| Thuré | 2,765 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Naintré | 5,964 | 5 | 2 | — |
In brief
Les Ormes in brief
The record in Les Ormes starts with Chapelle Sainte-Sulpice (ancienne), which dates from the 12th century. All told, the list holds 4 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. Of its homes, 18% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Domaine du château des Ormes is one of the Maisons des Illustres, the homes of people who left their mark on France. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1934 and 2005.
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 Les Ormes
How many historic monuments are there in Les Ormes?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Les Ormes: 2 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Les Ormes are classé?
2, among them Domaine du château des Ormes and Poste à chevaux.
How old are the homes in Les Ormes?
18% 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) · 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.