ClasséCastle · protected 1924Ancien château fort de GuisePhoto: Clubduvieuxmanoir · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Familistère Godin · Photo: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 4.06historic monuments
History of Guise · Monuments historiques
6 historic monuments, 2 classé
For every 10,000 residents Guise counts 13 monuments, more per resident than 90% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. Guise’s oldest monuments date from the 10th century. 5 of Guise’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
6
13 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
22%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Guise in 5 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancien château fort de GuiseClassé
Ancien hôtel de la Ferme généraleInscrit
ÉgliseInscrit
Hôtel WarnetInscrit+1See 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 Guise’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
6 monuments by protection
2 Classé4 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
2 classé monuments in Guise
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 2 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséPublic building · protected 1991Familistère GodinPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Guise
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
InscritTown house · protected 2024Ancien hôtel de la Ferme généralePhoto: Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1998Maison, 18 rue de la Citadelle
How old
How old Guise’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.2
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution2
19th century 1801–19001
20th century and later since 19010
2 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancien château fort de Guise (10th & 15th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Age of homes
22% of homes in Guise were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
22%
Before 1919
24%
1919–45
23%
1946–70
21%
1971–90
5.5%
1991–2005
3.6%
2006 on
GuiseMedian compared French town
22% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1919 and 1945 than in any other period (24%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
10 people born in Guise before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Nicolas Abraham de La Framboisière
François Emmanuel Debranges
Camille Desmoulins
Jean-Louis Denisart
François Alexandre Thevenez d’Aoust
Roch Marcandier
Brutus Magnier
Camille Bias
Camille Godelle
Marcel Bugain
155016001650170017501800185019001950
CD
Camille Desmoulins1760–1794 · French journalist, politician and revolutionary
NA
Nicolas Abraham de La Framboisière1560–1636 · French physician
FE
François Emmanuel Debranges1743–1804 · French politician
JL
Jean-Louis Denisart1764–1844 · French politician
FA
François Alexandre Thevenez d’Aoust1766–1827 · French aristocrat
RM
Roch Marcandier1767–1794 · journalist
BM
Brutus Magnier1771–1817 · French military personnel
CB
Camille Bias1824–1908 · French writer
Everyone born in Guise Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Guise has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,500 to 4,500 residents, by historic monuments.
Guise6
#6 of 41for monuments per resident (13 per 10,000). Most per resident: Hesdin-la-Forêt, La Réole and Noirmoutier-en-l'Île.
The median town of these has 1. 13 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Guise
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guise | 4,490 | 6 | 2 | — |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois | 5,605 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand | 2,890 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Vervins | 2,549 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis Nord | 6,764 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Landrecies Nord | 3,407 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Quentin | 52,813 | 16 | 3 | — |
In brief
Guise in brief
For its size, Guise has more historic monuments than 90% of compared French towns. In all there are 6 historic monuments, 2 of them classé, including Familistère Godin. The oldest is Ancien château fort de Guise, from the 10th century. Of its homes, 22% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 10 people born here before 1900, the best known include Camille Desmoulins (1760), Nicolas Abraham de La Framboisière (1560) and François Emmanuel Debranges (1743). Beyond that, most entries are houses and homes; and the list grew between 1924 and 2024.
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 Guise
How many historic monuments are there in Guise?
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Guise: 2 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Guise are classé?
2, among them Ancien château fort de Guise and Familistère Godin.
How old are the monuments of Guise?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 10th century.
When were monuments in Guise first protected?
The first in 1924, the latest in 2024.
How old are the homes in Guise?
22% 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 4, 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.