ClasséAbbey · protected 1883Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de BreteuilPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Scanné par Claude Shoshany · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Breteuil · Photo: Scanné par Claude Shoshany · Public domain3historic monuments
History of Breteuil · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, 1 classé
Protection in Breteuil began in 1883. Breteuil’s oldest monuments date from the 13th century. 3 of Breteuil’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
5.2%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Breteuil 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 Breteuil’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.
3 monuments by protection
1 Classé2 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 Breteuil
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
2 inscrit monuments in Breteuil
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritHouse · protected 2002Maison natale d'Hippolyte BayardPhoto: ChristopheB · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritCommercial building · protected 1994Entrepôt à vinsPhoto: ChristopheB · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Born before 1900
6 people born in Breteuil before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Rosalie Lamorlière
Étienne-Hippolyte Godde
Rémy Jacques
Gustave Levavasseur
Adéodat Compère-Morel
Marius Tercé
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Rosalie Lamorlière1768–1848 · last servant of Marie Antoinette
ÉH
Étienne-Hippolyte Godde1781–1869 · French neoclassic architect
RJ
Rémy Jacques1817–1905 · French politician
AC
Adéodat Compère-Morel1872–1941 · French politician
GL
Gustave Levavasseur1826–1898 · French politician
MT
Marius Tercé1889–1979 · French aviator and a pioneer of civil aviation in the early 20th cent…
Everyone born in Breteuil Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Breteuil has the 10th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,200 to 4,300 residents, by historic monuments.
Breteuil3
The median town of these has 2. 7 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Breteuil
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breteuil | 4,222 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Ailly-sur-Noye Somme | 2,648 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand | 3,462 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée | 5,810 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Montdidier Somme | 5,935 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Moreuil Somme | 3,936 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Boves Somme | 3,234 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Breteuil in brief
Breteuil has 3 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Breteuil. Only 9 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the 6 people born here before 1900, the best known include Rosalie Lamorlière (1768), Étienne-Hippolyte Godde (1781) and Rémy Jacques (1817). The oldest is Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Breteuil, from the 13th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1883 and 2002; 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 Breteuil
How many historic monuments are there in Breteuil?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Breteuil: 1 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Breteuil are classé?
One: Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Breteuil.
How old are the homes in Breteuil?
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 October 30, 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.