ClasséChurch · protected 1972Église (ancienne) ou chapelle de la PaixPhoto: KiPhot' · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Machine des eaux (ancienne) et aqueduc · Photo: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.022historic monuments
History of Maisons-Laffitte · Monuments historiques
22 historic monuments, 8 classé
Maisons-Laffitte has 9.5 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 84% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest monuments in Maisons-Laffitte date from the 13th century. We have photos of 16 of Maisons-Laffitte’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
22
9.5 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
8
the highest protection
Inscrit
14
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
8.9%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Maisons-Laffitte in 16 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église (ancienne) ou chapelle de la PaixClassé
Abords du château de Maisons-LafitteClassé
Ensemble dit Les Caves du NordClassé
Immeuble dit Hôtel RoyalClassé
Pavillon des Gardes (ancien)Classé+11See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Maisons-Laffitte’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Château de Maisons-Laffitte
6 of 8classé monuments stand within 400 m of Château de Maisons-Laffitte, with 8 of the town’s 22 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
22 monuments by protection
8 Classé14 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
8 classé monuments in Maisons-Laffitte
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 4 of the 8 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Classé
ClasséHome · protected 1981Ensemble dit Les Caves du NordPhoto: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséEngineering work · protected 1974Machine des eaux (ancienne) et aqueducPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséMilitary building · protected 1974Pavillon des Gardes (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château · protected 1928Abords du château de Maisons-LafittePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséBuilding · protected 1930Immeuble dit Hôtel RoyalPhoto: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Home · protected 1947Ecuries du château (anciennes)Part of the building is protected
Inscrit
14 inscrit monuments in Maisons-Laffitte
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 12, A to Z
Immeuble, 36bis rue de la MuetteMaison dite " maison Doulton "Maison située 2 avenue MassénaMaison, 19 avenue MirabeauMur d'enceinte du château : vestigesParc (ancien)Pavillon, 2 rue de la MuettePavillon, 21bis avenue EgléPavillon, 24 avenue EgléPavillon, 72 rue de ParisPropriété JuillardPropriété, 39 avenue Albine
9 more, named only by their kind
9 more are named in the list only by their kind: 6 houses (maisons), 1 building (immeuble) and 2 others. The 7 with an address are in the list above, by it.
17th c.1
19th c.2
undated6
What’s protected
Most of Maisons-Laffitte’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes18
Religious buildings1
Military & fortified1
Bridges & engineering1
Houses & homes: 18 of 22 monuments (82%). 1 is a religious building, 1 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old
How old Maisons-Laffitte’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.1
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution7
19th century 1801–19004
20th century and later since 19011
1 of 13 dated monuments has parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église (ancienne) ou chapelle de la Paix (13th–15th c.). 9 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
6 of Maisons-Laffitte’s monuments were protected in 1933
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1933 · 6
1900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1914: Château de Maisons-Laffitte. 6 were protected in 1933 alone. 3 have been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
7 people born in Maisons-Laffitte before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Louis de Caters
Charles Prince
Marie Danet
Jean Hébert-Stevens
Jean Cocteau
Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin
René Le Roy
18501875190019251950
CP
Charles Prince1872–1933 · French silent film slapstick comedian
JC
Jean Cocteau1889–1963 · French writer and film director
RL
René Le Roy1898–1985 · French musician, musicologist and music educator
LC
Louis de Caters1856–1932 · French writer
MD
Marie Danet1877–1958 · French tennis player
JH
Jean Hébert-Stevens1888–1943 · French painter
PB
Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin1896–1976 · French soldier
Everyone born in Maisons-Laffitte Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Maisons-Laffitte has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 22,200 to 24,100 residents, by historic monuments.
Maisons-Laffitte22
#5 of 41for monuments per resident (9.5 per 10,000). Most per resident: Dole, Abbeville and Rodez.
The median town of these has 2. 8 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Maisons-Laffitte
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisons-Laffitte | 23,093 | 22 | 8 | — |
| Le Mesnil-le-Roi | 6,332 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Sartrouville | 52,763 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Houilles | 33,983 | 0 | 0 | — |
| La Frette-sur-Seine Val-d'Oise | 4,570 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Montesson | 14,549 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cormeilles-en-Parisis Val-d'Oise | 27,292 | 1 | 1 | — |
In brief
Maisons-Laffitte in brief
Per resident, Maisons-Laffitte has more historic monuments than 84% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 22 historic monuments, 8 of them classé, including Machine des eaux (ancienne) et aqueduc. Château de Maisons-Laffitte sits at the heart of it all, with 6 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. In 2023 the Mission Patrimoine picked Ensemble dit Les Caves du Nord as a monument in danger to save.
Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the whole list, 82% are houses and homes. Of the 13 with a date, 7 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. The rest is about typical: 8.9% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Maisons-Laffitte
How many historic monuments are there in Maisons-Laffitte?
The Culture ministry lists 22 historic monuments in Maisons-Laffitte: 8 classé and 14 inscrit.
Which monuments in Maisons-Laffitte are classé?
8, among them Église (ancienne) ou chapelle de la Paix, Château de Maisons-Laffitte, Ecuries du château (anciennes), Ensemble dit Les Caves du Nord, Machine des eaux (ancienne) et aqueduc and Pavillon des Gardes (ancien).
How old are the monuments of Maisons-Laffitte?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
When were monuments in Maisons-Laffitte first protected?
The first in 1914, the latest in 2023.
How old are the homes in Maisons-Laffitte?
8.9% 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 8, 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.