InscritChurch · protected 1937ÉglisePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gérald Garitan · CC BY-SA 4.02historic monuments
History of Colombes · Monuments historiques
2 historic monuments, none of them classé
Protection in Colombes began in 1937. On the list for Colombes: Usine élévatrice des eaux. The oldest date from the 20th century.
Monuments historiques
2
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
20th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
5.2%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Colombes in pictures
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Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Colombes’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Inscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
2 monuments by protection
2 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.
Inscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Colombes
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Engineering work · protected 1992Usine élévatrice des eauxPart of the building is protected
Born before 1900
9 people born in Colombes before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Gaston Bouy
Jacques Guerlain
Charles-Henri Pourquet
Henri Niel
Claude Mérelle
Émile Engel
Abel Jacquin
Georges Truc
Alain Saint-Ogan
18501875190019251950
GB
Gaston Bouy1866–1943 · French painter
JG
Jacques Guerlain1874–1963 · perfumer
CH
Charles-Henri Pourquet1877–1943 · French sculptor
CM
Claude Mérelle1888–1976 · French actress
ÉE
Émile Engel1889–1914 · French cyclist
AJ
Abel Jacquin1893–1968 · French actor
AS
Alain Saint-Ogan1895–1974 · French comics writer
HN
Henri Niel1885–1963 · French actor
Everyone born in Colombes Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
How Colombes compares with 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 74,400 to 109,400 residents, by historic monuments.
Colombes2
The median town of these has 9. 1 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Colombes
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombes | 91,053 | 2 | 0 | — |
| La Garenne-Colombes | 30,197 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bois-Colombes | 28,909 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Courbevoie | 82,902 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Bezons Val-d'Oise | 36,434 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Asnières-sur-Seine | 93,941 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Argenteuil Val-d'Oise | 106,130 | 4 | 2 | — |
In brief
Colombes in brief
Colombes has 2 historic monuments. Gaston Bouy (1866), Jacques Guerlain (1874) and Charles-Henri Pourquet (1877) are among the 9 people born here before 1900. The oldest is Usine élévatrice des eaux, from the 20th century. Most towns its size have more historic monuments: the typical one has 9. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1937 and 1992; 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 Colombes
How many historic monuments are there in Colombes?
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Colombes: 2 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Colombes?
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 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.