ClasséChurch · protected 1992Église Saint-JosephPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Viking59 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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History of Roubaix · Monuments historiques
39 historic monuments, 1 classé
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up. For every 10,000 residents Roubaix counts 4 monuments, more per resident than 64% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. Roubaix’s oldest monuments date from the 15th century. 30 of Roubaix’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
39
4 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
38
the second level
Oldest part
15th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
6.8%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Roubaix in 30 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Hôtel Motte-LagacheInscrit
Bâtiment du ConditionnementInscrit
Hospice Barbieux, actuel Centre médical BarbieuxInscrit
Hôtel particulierInscrit
Ancienne salle de gymnastique La RoubaisienneInscrit+25See 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 Roubaix’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.
39 monuments by protection
1 Classé38 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 Roubaix
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
38 inscrit monuments in Roubaix
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 38, A to Z
Ancienne salle de gymnastique La RoubaisienneBâtiment du ConditionnementCourées Dubar et DekienCouvent des Clarisses et Ecole Sainte-ClaireEcole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles (ENSAIT)Église Notre-DameÉglise Saint-Jean-BaptisteÉglise Saint-MartinÉglise Sainte-Elisabeth de HongrieHospice Barbieux, actuel Centre médical BarbieuxHôtel Auguste-Lepoutre (ancien commissariat de police)Hôtel de villeHôtel Motte-LagacheHôtel particulierHôtel particulierHôtel particulierHôtel particulierHôtel particulierHôtel particulierHôtel particulierHôtel particulierHôtel particulierHôtel particulierHôtel Pierre Catteau, actuel palais de justiceHôtel Prouvost, actuelle caisse primaire d'assurance maladieMaison de Pierre NeveuxMaison du peintre Rémy CoggheMaison, 11 rue VaubanMaison, 16 boulevard LeclercqMaison, 250 rue de LilleMaison, 28 rue du Maréchal-FochMaison, 42 avenue Anatole-FranceMaison, 9 rue ParmentierRéservoirs à eau du HuchonTeinturerie MillecampsTemple protestantUsine DelattreUsine Motte-Bossut, actuellement centre des archives du monde du travail
6 more, named only by their kind
6 more are named in the list only by their kind: 6 houses (maisons), most from the 19th century. The 6 with an address are in the list above, by it.
19th c.3
20th c.3
What’s protected
Most of Roubaix’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes23
Religious buildings6
Public & civic5
Industrial3
Bridges & engineering1
Houses & homes: 23 of 39 monuments (59%). 6 are religious buildings, 1 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old
How old Roubaix’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.1
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution0
19th century 1801–190032
20th century and later since 19016
1 of 39 dated monuments has parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Saint-Martin (15th & 19th c.).
Protected area
A protected historic area is on its way in Roubaix
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR32-15 | ZPPAUP July 16, 2001 | Still being drawn up |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
When protected
Over half of Roubaix’s monuments were protected in 1998
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1998 · 26
1960198020002020
The first was protected in 1975. 26 were protected in 1998 alone. 4 have been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
56 people born in Roubaix before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
Albert Dubly
Auguste Joseph Delécluse
Théodore Vienne
Ferdinand Bonnel
Amédée Prouvost
Georges Malfait
Jean-Baptiste Lebas
Charles Renaux
Louis Vasseur
André François
Léon Mathot
Alfred Motté
Jean Alavoine
Jules Dumont
Marie Léonie Vanhoutte
Charles Montagne
Raymond Dubly
Henri Verdun
Gérard Isbecque
Octave Merlier
18501875190019251950
AD
Albert Dubly1850–1949 · French association football player
AJ
Auguste Joseph Delécluse1855–1928 · French painter and educator
TV
Théodore Vienne1864–1921 · French textile manufacturer and co-founder of Paris–Roubaix
FB
Ferdinand Bonnel1865–1945 · Sri Lankan catholic priest
AP
Amédée Prouvost1877–1909 · French poet
GM
Georges Malfait1878–1946 · French athlete
JB
Jean-Baptiste Lebas1878–1944 · French politician
CR
Charles Renaux1884–1971 · French association football player
Everyone born in Roubaix Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Roubaix
In brief
Roubaix in brief
Roubaix has 39 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Église Saint-Joseph. In 2020 the Mission Patrimoine picked Temple protestant as a monument in danger to save. Most entries on the list, 59%, are houses and homes. Of the 39 with a date, 32 come from the 19th century. The oldest is Église Saint-Martin, from the 15th century.
Of the 56 people born here before 1900, the best known include Albert Dubly (1850), Auguste Joseph Delécluse (1855) and Théodore Vienne (1864). The big year was 1998, when 26 of the 39 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 39 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 19); per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and 6.8% 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 Roubaix
How many historic monuments are there in Roubaix?
The Culture ministry lists 39 historic monuments in Roubaix: 1 classé and 38 inscrit.
Which monuments in Roubaix are classé?
One: Église Saint-Joseph.
How old are the monuments of Roubaix?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 15th century.
Is Roubaix a protected historic area?
One is on the way: a site patrimonial remarquable for Roubaix is on the ministry’s list, but its rules are still being drawn up.
When were monuments in Roubaix first protected?
The first in 1975, the latest in 2015.
How old are the homes in Roubaix?
6.8% 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.