ClasséTown hall · protected 1922Hôtel de villePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Marc Ryckaert ( MJJR ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Motte féodale · Photo: Médard · CC BY-SA 3.04historic monuments
History of Bailleul · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, 1 classé
The ministry first listed a monument in Bailleul in 1922. Bailleul’s oldest monuments date from the 10th century. 4 of Bailleul’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
1.6%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Bailleul in pictures
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
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 Bailleul’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.
4 monuments by protection
1 Classé3 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
One classé monument in Bailleul
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 1 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Inscrit
3 inscrit monuments in Bailleul
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
InscritPublic building · protected 1969Ancien Palais de JusticePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Westhoekpedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritAge of homes
1.6% of homes in Bailleul were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
1.6%
Before 1919
19%
1919–45
21%
1946–70
22%
1971–90
17%
1991–2005
19%
2006 on
BailleulMedian compared French town
1.6% 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 (22%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
10 people born in Bailleul before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Hendrick Van Blarenberghe
Étienne-François Dutour de Salvert
Joseph Van Merris-Hinderick
Honoré Declerck
Jean-François Woussen
Louis Behaghel
Louis Serlooten
Charles Plichon
Félix De Backer
Jean Plichon
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CP
Charles Plichon1814–1888 · French politician
JP
Jean Plichon1863–1936 · French politician
HV
Hendrick Van Blarenberghe1646–1712 · French painter
ÉF
Étienne-François Dutour de Salvert1711–1789 · French physicist
JV
Joseph Van Merris-Hinderick1761–1833 · French politician
HD
Honoré Declerck1765–1843 · French politician
JF
Jean-François Woussen1765– · French politician
LB
Louis Behaghel1792–1868 · French politician
Everyone born in Bailleul Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Bailleul
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailleul | 14,732 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Steenwerck | 3,450 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Vieux-Berquin | 2,628 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Nieppe | 7,764 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sailly-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 3,981 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Estaires | 6,525 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Erquinghem-Lys | 5,341 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Bailleul in brief
Bailleul’s oldest monument, Motte féodale, dates from the 10th century. All told, the list holds 4 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Hôtel de ville. Charles Plichon (1814), Jean Plichon (1863) and Hendrick Van Blarenberghe (1646) are among the 10 people born here before 1900. Its homes are mostly newer: 1.6% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 4 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); and the list grew between 1922 and 2025.
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 Bailleul
How many historic monuments are there in Bailleul?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Bailleul: 1 classé and 3 inscrit.
Which monuments in Bailleul are classé?
One: Hôtel de ville.
How old are the homes in Bailleul?
1.6% 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.