ClasséStanding stone · protected 1862Menhir dit La Pierre de Dessus-BisePhoto: Chatsam · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Menhir dit La Pierre de Dessus-Bise · Photo: Chatsam · CC BY-SA 3.01historic monument
History of Sars-Poteries · Monuments historiques
1 historic monument, the oldest from prehistory
The monument in Sars-Poteries went on the list in 1862. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sars-Poteries, all of them classé, France’s highest heritage protection.
Monuments historiques
1
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
27%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Sars-Poteries’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Classé
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
1 monuments by protection
1 Classé
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 Sars-Poteries
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. Each card opens the monument’s page.
Age of homes
27% of homes in Sars-Poteries were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
27%
Before 1919
23%
1919–45
20%
1946–70
13%
1971–90
9%
1991–2005
7.8%
2006 on
Sars-PoteriesMedian compared French town
27% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished before 1919 than in any other period (27%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Sars-Poteries
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sars-Poteries | 1,402 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Sains-du-Nord | 2,755 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,012 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Ferrière-la-Grande | 5,131 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rousies | 3,980 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Louvroil | 6,294 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hautmont | 14,152 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Sars-Poteries in brief
The record in Sars-Poteries starts with Menhir dit La Pierre de Dessus-Bise, which dates from prehistory. All told, the list holds 1 historic monument, 1 of them classé, including Menhir dit La Pierre de Dessus-Bise. Of its homes, 27% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its only entry went on the list in 1862.
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 Sars-Poteries
How many historic monuments are there in Sars-Poteries?
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sars-Poteries: 1 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Sars-Poteries are classé?
One: Menhir dit La Pierre de Dessus-Bise.
How old are the homes in Sars-Poteries?
27% 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 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.