ClasséChurch · protected 1921Église Sainte-MaxencePhoto: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Wikimedia Commons
Fontaine couverte de l'abbaye du Moncel à Pontpoint · Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr5historic monuments
History of Pont-Sainte-Maxence · Monuments historiques
5 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Pont-Sainte-Maxence: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). That’s 4 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 65% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 3 of them.
Monuments historiques
5
4 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
8.3%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Pont-Sainte-Maxence 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 Pont-Sainte-Maxence’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.
5 monuments by protection
1 Classé4 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 Pont-Sainte-Maxence
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.
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Inscrit
InscritFountain · protected 1933Fontaine couverte de l'abbaye du Moncel à PontpointPhoto: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Wikimedia Commons
Archaeological site · protected 1998Site néolithique
Engineering work · protected 2014Barrage mobile Derôme de Sarron, situé sur le franchissement de la rivière Oise
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Pont-Sainte-Maxence
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence | 12,361 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Pontpoint | 3,275 | 4 | 3 | — |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte | 4,775 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Villers-Saint-Paul | 6,480 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Verberie | 3,898 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Nogent-sur-Oise | 21,907 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Liancourt | 6,785 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Pont-Sainte-Maxence in brief
Site néolithique, from prehistory, is the oldest monument in Pont-Sainte-Maxence. All told, the list holds 5 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Église Sainte-Maxence. The rest is about typical: it has 5 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 3); per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and Guérin (1200) and Paul Remoiville (1824) were born here before 1900.
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 Pont-Sainte-Maxence
How many historic monuments are there in Pont-Sainte-Maxence?
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Pont-Sainte-Maxence: 1 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Pont-Sainte-Maxence are classé?
One: Église Sainte-Maxence.
How old are the monuments of Pont-Sainte-Maxence?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
When were monuments in Pont-Sainte-Maxence first protected?
The first in 1921, the latest in 2014.
How old are the homes in Pont-Sainte-Maxence?
8.3% 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.