ClasséPublic building · protected 1846Amphithéâtre romain (ruines)Photo: Mistersasou · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Basilique romaine (ruines) avec sa mosaïque · Photo: Pethrus · CC BY-SA 4.06historic monuments
History of Grand · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Grand: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). We have photos of 5 of them.
Monuments historiques
6
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
Antiquity
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
20%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Grand in 5 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Sainte-LibaireClassé
Amphithéâtre romain (ruines)Classé
chapelle du cimetière dite Chapelle Sainte-LibaireClassé
Villa romaine de la FontainotteInscrit+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 Grand’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.4
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.1
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: Bâtiment dit "La Maison de Didier" (Antiquity).
Map
Where Grand’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
4 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
4 classé monuments in Grand
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.
ClasséChurch · protected 1884Basilique romaine (ruines) avec sa mosaïquePhoto: Pethrus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChapel · protected 2005chapelle du cimetière dite Chapelle Sainte-LibairePhoto: Pethrus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséInscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Grand
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritArchaeological site · protected 2013Villa romaine de la FontainottePhoto: Bastien Prevot, Inrap · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
House · protected 2019Bâtiment dit "La Maison de Didier"
Age of homes
20% of homes in Grand were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
20%
Before 1919
14%
1919–45
21%
1946–70
33%
1971–90
6.8%
1991–2005
5.6%
2006 on
GrandMedian compared French town
20% 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 (33%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Grand
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand | 372 | 6 | 4 | — |
| Neufchâteau | 6,732 | 27 | 9 | Yes |
| Joinville Haute-Marne | 2,915 | 9 | 2 | Yes |
In brief
Grand in brief
The record in Grand starts with Bâtiment dit "La Maison de Didier", which dates from Antiquity. All told, the list holds 6 historic monuments, 4 of them classé. Its housing is old: 20% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
In 2024 the Mission Patrimoine picked Église Sainte-Libaire as a monument in danger to save. Most of its dated monuments come from prehistory or Antiquity: 4 of 6. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1846 and 2019.
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 Grand
How many historic monuments are there in Grand?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Grand: 4 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Grand are classé?
4, among them Amphithéâtre romain (ruines), Basilique romaine (ruines) avec sa mosaïque, chapelle du cimetière dite Chapelle Sainte-Libaire and Église Sainte-Libaire.
How old are the monuments of Grand?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from Antiquity.
When were monuments in Grand first protected?
The first in 1846, the latest in 2019.
How old are the homes in Grand?
20% 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 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.