ClasséChâteau · protected 1877Château et église Notre-DamePart of the building is protectedPhoto: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : CaptainHaddock (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château et église Notre-Dame · Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : CaptainHaddock (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.06historic monuments
History of Moncontour · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, 1 classé
The oldest monuments in Moncontour date from the 12th century. 8.3% of Moncontour’s main homes were built in 2006 or later; the median compared French town has 16%.
Monuments historiques
6
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
5
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
27%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Moncontour 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 Moncontour’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.
6 monuments by protection
1 Classé5 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 Moncontour
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 1 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Inscrit
5 inscrit monuments in Moncontour
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritHouse · protected 1927Maison dite de ColignyPart of the building is protected
Farm · protected 1994Ferme des Tiveaux, à Ouzilly-Vignolles
Cemetery · protected 1986Cimetière de Saint-ChartresPart of the building is protected
House · protected 1927Maison, rue du PresbytèrePart of the building is protected
How old
How old Moncontour’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.4
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution1
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
4 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Château et église Notre-Dame (12th–14th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Age of homes
27% of homes in Moncontour were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
27%
Before 1919
13%
1919–45
14%
1946–70
27%
1971–90
12%
1991–2005
8.3%
2006 on
MoncontourMedian 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.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Moncontour
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moncontour | 976 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Airvault Deux-Sèvres | 3,306 | 5 | 3 | Yes |
| Loudun | 6,839 | 16 | 6 | Yes |
| Thouars Deux-Sèvres | 13,891 | 20 | 12 | Yes |
| Loretz-d'Argenton Deux-Sèvres | 2,575 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu | 5,713 | 12 | 3 | — |
In brief
Moncontour in brief
Château et église Notre-Dame, from the 12th century, is the oldest monument in Moncontour. All told, the list holds 6 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Château et église Notre-Dame. Its housing is old: 27% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 4 of 5. Beyond that, Maxime Ridouard (1865) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1877 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 Moncontour
How many historic monuments are there in Moncontour?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Moncontour: 1 classé and 5 inscrit.
Which monuments in Moncontour are classé?
One: Château et église Notre-Dame.
How old are the monuments of Moncontour?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Moncontour first protected?
The first in 1877, the latest in 1994.
How old are the homes in Moncontour?
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 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.