ClasséStanding stone · protected 1913Menhir dit La Pierre-FittePhoto: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chapelle-ermitage Sainte-Anne · Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 3.05historic monuments
History of Montholon · Monuments historiques
5 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Montholon: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). That’s 18 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 94% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 4 of them.
Monuments historiques
5
18 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
29%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Montholon in pictures
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Menhir dit La Pierre-FitteClassé
ÉgliseInscrit
Église (à l'exclusion du clocher moderne)Inscrit+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 Montholon’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.1
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.1
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution2
19th century 1801–19001
20th century and later since 19010
2 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Menhir dit La Pierre-Fitte (Prehistory).
Map
Where Montholon’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.
5 monuments by protection
1 Classé4 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 Montholon
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.
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Montholon
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1976Église (à l'exclusion du clocher moderne)Photo: Jmranty · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChapel · protected 1978Chapelle-ermitage Sainte-AnnePhoto: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritFarm building · protected 2002Pressoir, rue Saint-Vincent
Age of homes
29% of homes in Montholon were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
29%
Before 1919
9.7%
1919–45
16%
1946–70
26%
1971–90
9.6%
1991–2005
10%
2006 on
MontholonMedian compared French town
29% 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 (29%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Montholon before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Ferdinand Pouy
Paulin Méry
Louis Roy
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FP
Ferdinand Pouy1824–1891 · French writer
PM
Paulin Méry1860–1913 · French physician and politician
LR
Louis Roy1898–1966 · French politician
Everyone born in Montholon Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Montholon has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 2,700 to 2,700 residents, by historic monuments.
Montholon5
#5 of 41for monuments per resident (18 per 10,000). Most per resident: Confolens, Sarre-Union and Quintin.
The median town of these has 1. 8 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Montholon
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montholon | 2,709 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Joigny | 9,016 | 19 | 10 | Yes |
| Appoigny | 3,114 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Migennes | 6,688 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye | 4,900 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche | 3,151 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Toucy | 2,571 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Montholon in brief
Montholon’s oldest monument, Menhir dit La Pierre-Fitte, dates from prehistory. All told, the list holds 5 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Menhir dit La Pierre-Fitte. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 94% of compared French towns. Of its homes, 29% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Ferdinand Pouy (1824), Paulin Méry (1860) and Louis Roy (1898) were all born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most entries are churches and religious buildings; and the list grew between 1913 and 2002.
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 Montholon
How many historic monuments are there in Montholon?
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Montholon: 1 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Montholon are classé?
One: Menhir dit La Pierre-Fitte.
How old are the monuments of Montholon?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
When were monuments in Montholon first protected?
The first in 1913, the latest in 2002.
How old are the homes in Montholon?
29% 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.