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Mills classified from France

Love of the rural heritage, of its history,... you will find a complete inventory of the mills classified as historical monuments.

Indispensable to processing wheat into flour, the territory is covered with mills. Depending on the energy sources, they are wind, water or tidal. In the absence of a natural energy source, an animal operated the mill. We then speak of a blood mill.

The mill was the property of the lord who received a ban right, forcing the peasants to grind their grain at the master's mill, and thus to buy that service from him.

We separated the mills into:
  • wind mulins
  • Water mulins
  • Tide moulins

Sélection de 8 mills classified as rural heritage sur 264 en France

Moulin de Cacrey in Creysse
Moulin à eau
46600 Creysse

Cacrey's fortified mill, built in the 13th and 14th centuries in Creysse (Lot), is a rare medieval mill fed by a karst resurgence, transformed into a 20th century home.
Windmill of the Bigottière in Mozé-sur-Louet
Moulin à vent
49610 Mozé-sur-Louet

The windmill of the Bigottiere, built in the 18th century in Mozé-sur-Louet (Pays de la Loire), is a cow-type flour mill, classified as a historical monument in 1984 and restored in 1987.
Windmill of Val Hulin in Turquant
Moulin à vent
49730 Turquant

The windmill of Val Hulin, built in the 18th century in Turquant (Maine-et-Loire), is a historic monument classified since 1963, emblematic of the industrial heritage of Angelvin.
Windmill of Caunes
Moulin à vent
11320 Les Cassés

The windmill of Caunes, built between the 18th and 19th centuries, is a historic mill located in Cassés, Aude, Occitanie. It was listed as a historical monument in 1961 and illustrates the region's traditional windmill architecture.
Windmill of Gué-Robert in Valanjou
Moulin à vent
49670 Chemillé-en-Anjou

The windmill of the Gué-Robert, located in Valanjou (Chemilllé-en-Anjou), is a 19th-century cowmill in Maine-et-Loire, listed as a historical monument since 1975.
Moulin de Labarthe in Blasimon
Moulin à eau
33540 Blasimon

Labarthe Mill in Blasimon, Gironde, is a 14th century fortified mill, formerly linked to the local abbey. This hydraulic monument, classified in 1926, combines defensive architecture and milling activity on six levels, with a turret added in the 15th century.
New mill of Espiet
Moulin à eau
33420 Espiet

Espiet's new mill, a 15th century fortified mill, is located in Espiet en Gironde. This historic monument, rebuilt at the end of the Middle Ages, belonged to the abbey of La Sauve-Majeure and operated until 1950.
Fortified mill of Mervé in Luché-Pringé
Moulin fortifié
72800 Luché-Pringé

The fortified mill of Mervé, built in the 15th century in Luché-Pringé (Sarthe), is a rare example of a medieval defensive mill, with a mâchicoulis tower and an original blade wheel, classified as a historical monument in 1927.