Registration for Historic Monuments 4 juillet 2024 (≈ 2024)
Total protection of the villa by order.
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Heritage classified
The Villa Clair Coteau, in total, is located 11 rue de la République, located on Parcel No. 817, appearing in the cadastre section C of the commune, as delimited in red on the plan annexed to the decree: inscription by order of 4 July 2024
Origin and history
Villa Clair Coteau, located at 11 rue de la République in Villevallier (Yonne), is a historic monument inscribed by ministerial decree on 4 July 2024. This classification concerns the whole of the building, including its cadastral parcel No. 817 delimited on a plan annexed to the official act. The administrative address and GPS coordinates confirm its anchoring in the town of Villevallier, a commune attached to the district of Auxerre in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.
The protection of this contemporary villa reflects a desire to preserve significant examples of recent residential housing, marking an evolution in traditional heritage criteria. Although available sources (Monumentum, Fondation Mérimée) do not detail its architectural history or its occupants, its inscription highlights its interest in the local built heritage. The accuracy of its location is assessed as "passible" (note 5/10), indicating room for improvement for its geographic documentation.
No information is provided on its current use (visits, accommodation, etc.) or on any links with historical personalities or events. The data are limited to its legal status, its administrative location, and its cadastral framework, typical of the recent records of the Merimée database. The villa is thus part of a dynamic of valorizing the heritage of the 21st century, still little represented among the listed monuments.
Burgundy-Franche-Comté, a region with a high heritage density, sees here the addition of a modern building to its inventory. This choice could reflect a policy of diversifying the periods covered by the protections, now including contemporary constructions alongside medieval castles or more traditional Romanesque churches. The sources, however, do not specify the aesthetic criteria or the architectural particularities which motivated this inscription.
The lack of details about the villa itself (construction date, architect, style) contrasts with the usual wealth of notices for ancient monuments. This documentary silence could be explained by the youth of the building or by a classification process still being finalized at the time of publication of the data. Its inscription in 2024 makes it one of the most recent historical monuments in France.
The Merimée base indicates two addresses for this monument: one official (11 rue de la République) and another approximate from the GPS (156 Les Cinq Arpents). This duality illustrates the challenges of precise location of recent buildings, sometimes poorly referenced in historical cartographic systems. No physical image or description is attached to the available data, limiting the understanding of its appearance or immediate environment.
