Ancien château des Comtes de Gondi · Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5A secteur sauvegardé since 1995, and 19 historic monuments
The Culture ministry lists 19 historic monuments in Joigny: 10 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 9 inscrit (the second level). That’s 21 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 96% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 13th century. We have photos of 17 of them.
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Joigny in 17 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Porte du BoisClassé
Église Saint-AndréClassé
Église Saint-JeanClassé
Église Saint-ThibaultClassé
MaisonClassé+12See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Joigny has had a protected historic area since 1995
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
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| SPR27-66 | Secteur sauvegardé March 10, 1995 | PSMV (safeguarding plan) January 23, 2016 |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France. A PSMV (plan de sauvegarde et de mise en valeur) is the strictest plan: it covers every building, inside as well as out.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
Where Joigny’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
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.
10 classé monuments in Joigny
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 4 of the 10 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé9 inscrit monuments in Joigny
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritMost of Joigny’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 11 of 19 monuments (58%). 4 are religious buildings, 3 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old Joigny’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
6 of 17 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Saint-Jean (13th & 16th c.). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
5 of Joigny’s monuments were protected in 1971
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1913: Église Saint-Jean. 5 were protected in 1971 alone. None has been added since 2011.
16% of homes in Joigny were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
16% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1946 and 1970 than in any other period (36%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
15 people born in Joigny before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Joigny Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Joigny has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 8,900 to 9,200 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 1. 12 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Joigny
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joigny | 9,016 | 19 | 10 | Yes |
| Migennes | 6,688 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Montholon | 2,709 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne | 5,135 | 9 | 5 | Yes |
| Appoigny | 3,114 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon | 3,032 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Monéteau | 4,114 | 2 | 1 | — |
Joigny in brief
Since 1995, the heart of Joigny has been a secteur sauvegardé, France’s strictest protection for a historic town. All told, the list holds 19 historic monuments, 10 of them classé. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 96% of compared French towns. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population.
Its housing is old: 16% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Its classé monuments cluster together: 10 of them stand within 400 m of Ancien château des Comtes de Gondi. Most entries on the list, 58%, are houses and homes.
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 Joigny
How many historic monuments are there in Joigny?
The Culture ministry lists 19 historic monuments in Joigny: 10 classé and 9 inscrit.
Which monuments in Joigny are classé?
10, among them Église Saint-Jean, Porte du Bois, Porte Saint-Jean, Église Saint-André, Ancien château des Comtes de Gondi and Maison de bois ou maison du bailli.
How old are the monuments of Joigny?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
Is Joigny a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Joigny has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1995.
When were monuments in Joigny first protected?
The first in 1913, the latest in 1989.
How old are the homes in Joigny?
16% 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.