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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

Windmills from Ardenay to Chaudefonds-sur-Layon
Moulin à vent
49290 Chaudefonds-sur-Layon

The windmills of Ardenay, built at the end of the 18th century in Chaudefonds-sur-Layon (Pays de la Loire), are two historic buildings inscribed with national monuments, symbols of the angelvin mill heritage.
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.
Former Amidonniers mill in Toulouse
Moulin à eau
31000 Toulouse

The former Amidonniers mill, an 18th-century industrial building in Toulouse, transformed into a Saint Paul church, illustrates the evolution of manufacturing activities in Occitanie. Located on Rue des Amidonniers, it combines technical and religious heritage.
Windmills from Peronne to Chanteloup-les-Bois
Moulin à vent
49340 Chanteloup-les-Bois

The windmills of Peronne, built in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century in Chanteloup-les-Bois (Pays de la Loire), are two twin brick towers, one of which preserves its conical slate roof, classified as historical monuments in 1978.
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.
Moulin de Giono in Redortiers
Maison des hommes et des femmes célèbres
04150 Redortiers

The mill of Giono, built at the end of the 19th century in Redortiers (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), is a former mill that has become a place of literary encounters, registered with historical monuments since 1996.
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.
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.