ClasséTown walls · protected 1939Anciens rempartsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Giogo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Abbaye de Bonport · Photo: Giogo · CC BY-SA 3.05historic monuments
History of Pont-de-l'Arche · Monuments historiques
5 historic monuments, 3 classé
Pont-de-l'Arche has 12 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 89% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest monuments in Pont-de-l'Arche date from the 12th century. We have photos of 5 of Pont-de-l'Arche’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
5
12 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Pont-de-l'Arche in 5 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Anciens rempartsClassé
Église Notre-Dame-des-ArtsClassé
Ancien bailliageInscrit
Ancien manoirInscrit+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 Pont-de-l'Arche’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.
5 monuments by protection
3 Classé2 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
3 classé monuments in Pont-de-l'Arche
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
ClasséInscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Pont-de-l'Arche
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritManor house · protected 2003Ancien manoirPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Giogo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHow old
How old Pont-de-l'Arche’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.3
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution2
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
3 of 5 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Anciens remparts (12th & 13th c.).
Age of homes
13% of homes in Pont-de-l'Arche were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
6.9%
1919–45
21%
1946–70
23%
1971–90
22%
1991–2005
14%
2006 on
Pont-de-l'ArcheMedian compared French town
13% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (23%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
3 people born in Pont-de-l'Arche before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois
Espérance Langlois
Polyclès Langlois
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EH
Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois1777–1837 · French painter
EL
Espérance Langlois1805–1864 · French painter
PL
Polyclès Langlois1814–1872 · painter
Everyone born in Pont-de-l'Arche Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Pont-de-l'Arche has the 4th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,100 to 4,200 residents, by historic monuments.
Pont-de-l'Arche5
#5 of 41for monuments per resident (12 per 10,000). Most per resident: Turckheim, Domfront en Poiraie and Courpière.
The median town of these has 1. 13 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Pont-de-l'Arche
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-l'Arche | 4,133 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Tourville-la-Rivière Seine-Maritime | 2,596 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pîtres | 2,589 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Val-de-Reuil | 13,245 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Le Vaudreuil | 3,624 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Oissel-sur-Seine Seine-Maritime | 12,317 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 8,306 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Pont-de-l'Arche in brief
Pont-de-l'Arche’s oldest monument, Anciens remparts, dates from the 12th century. All told, the list holds 5 historic monuments, 3 of them classé. Of its homes, 13% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 89% of compared French towns.
In 2023 the Mission Patrimoine picked Ancien bailliage as a monument in danger to save. Only 3 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Most of its dated monuments come from the Middle Ages: 3 of 5. Beyond that, the list grew between 1910 and 2003.
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 Pont-de-l'Arche
How many historic monuments are there in Pont-de-l'Arche?
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Pont-de-l'Arche: 3 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Pont-de-l'Arche are classé?
3, among them Anciens remparts, Abbaye de Bonport and Église Notre-Dame-des-Arts.
How old are the monuments of Pont-de-l'Arche?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Pont-de-l'Arche first protected?
The first in 1910, the latest in 2003.
How old are the homes in Pont-de-l'Arche?
13% 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 9, 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.