InscritFortified house · protected 1978Motte féodalePhoto: Travail personnel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Motte féodale · Photo: Travail personnel · CC BY-SA 3.02historic monuments
History of Fretin · Monuments historiques
2 historic monuments, none of them classé
Protection in Fretin began in 1978. Among the monuments in Fretin: Motte féodale and Vestiges du château. The oldest date from the 10th century.
Monuments historiques
2
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
12%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Fretin’s 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 Fretin
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Château · protected 1994Vestiges du châteauPart of the building is protected
Age of homes
12% of homes in Fretin were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
12%
Before 1919
20%
1919–45
16%
1946–70
26%
1971–90
17%
1991–2005
8.9%
2006 on
FretinMedian compared French town
12% 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 (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Towns its size
Fretin has the 10th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,200 to 3,200 residents, by historic monuments.
Fretin2
The median town of these has 1. 12 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Fretin
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fretin | 3,214 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois | 2,840 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle | 7,202 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Avelin | 2,561 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Lesquin | 9,600 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pont-à-Marcq | 3,016 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cysoing | 4,839 | 2 | 1 | — |
In brief
Fretin in brief
Motte féodale, from the 10th century, is the oldest monument in Fretin. All told, the list holds 2 historic monuments, including Motte féodale. Of its homes, 12% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Only 9 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Beyond that, the list grew between 1978 and 1994.
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 Fretin
How many historic monuments are there in Fretin?
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Fretin: 2 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Fretin?
12% 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) · 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.