ClasséChurch · protected 1840Ancienne collégiale Saint-QuentinPhoto: Rolf Kranz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hôtel Joly de Bammeville · Photo: Pierre Poschadel · CC BY-SA 4.016historic monuments
History of Saint-Quentin · Monuments historiques
16 historic monuments, 3 classé
For every 10,000 residents Saint-Quentin counts 3 monuments, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. 12 of Saint-Quentin’s monuments are in our photos. Saint-Quentin’s oldest monuments date from the 13th century.
Monuments historiques
16
3 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
13
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
5.2%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Saint-Quentin in 12 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancienne collégiale Saint-QuentinClassé
Hôtel de villeClassé
Nouvelles Galeries (anciennes)Inscrit
Porte dite des CanonniersInscrit
Chapelle de la CharitéInscrit+7See 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 Saint-Quentin’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Hôtel de ville
3 of 3classé monuments stand within 400 m of Hôtel de ville, with 10 of the town’s 16 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
16 monuments by protection
3 Classé13 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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Classé
3 classé monuments in Saint-Quentin
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 3 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Classé
ClasséTown house · protected 1930Hôtel Joly de BammevillePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Pierre Poschadel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
13 inscrit monuments in Saint-Quentin
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 13, A to Z
Ancienne chambre de commerce et ancienne église Saint-JacquesChapelle de la CharitéChâteau de la PiluleÉglise Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant JésusGare, place André-BaudezHôtel de la sous-préfectureHôtel, 46 rue d'IsleMonument du cimetière militaire allemandNouvelles Galeries (anciennes)Porte dite des CanonniersPuits, place Gaspard-de-ColignyThéâtre municipalUsine Sidoux
3 more, named only by their kind
3 more are named in the list only by their kind: 1 town house (hôtel) and 2 others, most from the 18th century. The 3 with an address are in the list above, by it.
18th c.2
20th c.1
What’s protected
Public buildings are the largest group in Saint-Quentin
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Public & civic4
Religious buildings3
Houses & homes3
Shops & trade2
Military & fortified1
Tombs & cemeteries1
Bridges & engineering1
Industrial1
Public & civic: 4 of 16 monuments (25%). 3 are religious buildings, 1 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old Saint-Quentin’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 Revolution4
19th century 1801–19003
20th century and later since 19014
2 of 13 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancienne collégiale Saint-Quentin (13th–15th c.). 3 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
Saint-Quentin’s list has grown since 1840
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1840186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1840: Ancienne collégiale Saint-Quentin. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 3 were protected in 1930 alone. 5 have been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
61 people born in Saint-Quentin before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
Jacques Lescot
Omer Talon
Martin Grandin
Jean II Papillon
Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix
Louis-Paul Colliette
Gracchus Babeuf
Pierre-Charles Pottofeux
Marc Gaspard Abraham Paulet de La Bastide
Charles Rogier
Félix Davin
Paul Desains
Jules Gallay
Constance Quéniaux
Fernand Lematte
Jenny Zillhardt
Madeleine Zillhardt
André Billy
Suzanne Dantès
Jean Piot
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JL
Jacques Lescot1593–1656 · bishop of Chartres
PF
Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix1682–1761 · French Jesuit priest and historian
GB
Gracchus Babeuf1760–1797 · French political agitator and journalist
CR
Charles Rogier1800–1885 · Belgian journalist, statesman
FD
Félix Davin1807–1836 · French poet, writer and journalist
PD
Paul Desains1817–1885 · French physicist
JG
Jules Gallay1822–1897 · French art historian and cellist
CQ
Constance Quéniaux1832–1908 · French dancer
Everyone born in Saint-Quentin Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Saint-Quentin
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Quentin | 52,813 | 16 | 3 | — |
| Gauchy | 5,183 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand | 2,890 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ham Somme | 4,378 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois | 5,605 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tergnier | 13,045 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Beautor | 2,579 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Saint-Quentin in brief
The official list counts 16 historic monuments in Saint-Quentin, 3 of them classé, including Hôtel Joly de Bammeville. Monument du cimetière militaire allemand is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hôtel de ville sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m.
Jacques Lescot (1593), Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682) and Gracchus Babeuf (1760) are among the 61 people born here before 1900. The oldest is Ancienne collégiale Saint-Quentin, from the 13th century. Beyond that, it has 16 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 7); per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and 5.2% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Saint-Quentin
How many historic monuments are there in Saint-Quentin?
The Culture ministry lists 16 historic monuments in Saint-Quentin: 3 classé and 13 inscrit.
Which monuments in Saint-Quentin are classé?
3, among them Ancienne collégiale Saint-Quentin, Hôtel de ville and Hôtel Joly de Bammeville.
How old are the monuments of Saint-Quentin?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
When were monuments in Saint-Quentin first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2023.
How old are the homes in Saint-Quentin?
5.2% 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 8, 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.