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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 la Roche in La Possonnière
Moulin à vent
49170 La Possonnière

The Moulin de la Roche, a 17th-century mill tower in La Possonnière (Maine-et-Loire), is a restored former windmill, classified as a historical monument in 1977, overlooking the Loire Valley.
Windmills of the Champ des Îles de Varennes-sur-Loire
Moulin à vent
49730 Varennes-sur-Loire

The windmills of the Champ des Îles, located in Varennes-sur-Loire en Maine-et-Loire, are two buildings listed as historical monuments since 1977, which bear witness to the local industrial heritage.
Grand Moulin de Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire
Moulin à vent
49320 Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire

The Grand Moulin de Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire, located in Maine-et-Loire, has been a windmill with historical monuments since 1977, in the Pays de la Loire region.
Mills hanged or fortified tolls
Douane
49270 Champtoceaux

The hanging mills of Champtoceaux, built between the 13th and 14th centuries, are ancient flour mills and a fortified toll located on the Loire, Maine-et-Loire. Ranked historic monument in 1975, they bear witness to medieval engineering related to tides and river navigation.
Windmill of Romanèche-Thorins
Moulin à vent
71570 Romanèche-Thorins

The windmill of Romanèche-Thorins, built in the 18th century, is a listed historical monument located in the commune of Romanèche-Thorins, in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, in the department of Saône-et-Loire.
Prix-lès-Mézières Colour Mill
Moulin à eau
08000 Prix-lès-Mézières

The Prix-lès-Mézières Colour Mill, built in the 19th century in the Ardennes, is a former hydraulic industrial site transformed into a mineral pigment factory, classified as a historic monument in 1995.
Windmill Montauriol
Moulin à vent
11410 Montauriol

Montauriol windmill, built in the 18th century, is a restored mill located in Montauriol, Aude, Occitanie. It was listed as a historical monument in 1984 and bears witness to the regional milling heritage.
Moulin de Champs in Ambrières-les-Vallées
Moulin à eau
53300 Ambrières-les-Vallées

The Champs Mill, dating from the 15th century, is a historic mill located in Ambrières-les-Vallées in Mayenne, remarkable for its state of conservation.