Fortified house · protected 2003Bastion Condette aussi dénommé bastion Royal
Ancienne chapelle des Carmes · Photo: Reprocessed · CC BY-SA 3.04historic monuments
History of Ardres · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, 2 classé
Ardres’s first monument was protected in 1974. Ardres’s oldest monuments date from the 16th century.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
2
the second level
Oldest part
16th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
8.2%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Ardres 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 Ardres’ 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.
4 monuments by protection
2 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
2 classé monuments in Ardres
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.
Farm building · protected 2003Silos à blé dénommés Les Poires
Inscrit
2 inscrit monuments in Ardres
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1974Église Notre-Dame de GracesPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Reprocessed · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChapel · protected 1974Ancienne chapelle des CarmesPhoto: Reprocessed · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Born before 1900
3 people born in Ardres before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Nicolas Blanquart des Salines
Charles Louis Antoine Eugène Garnier
Mathieu Joseph Guillaume de Saint-Amour
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NB
Nicolas Blanquart des Salines1728–1812 · French politician
CL
Charles Louis Antoine Eugène Garnier1755–1833 · French politician
MJ
Mathieu Joseph Guillaume de Saint-Amour1755–1823 · French politician
Everyone born in Ardres Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Ardres has the 8th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,400 to 4,400 residents, by historic monuments.
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The median town of these has 2. 14 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Ardres
In brief
Ardres in brief
Ardres has 4 historic monuments, 2 of them classé, including Ancienne chapelle des Carmes. Only 7 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Nicolas Blanquart des Salines (1728), Charles Louis Antoine Eugène Garnier (1755) and Mathieu Joseph Guillaume de Saint-Amour (1755) were all born here before 1900. The oldest, Bastion Condette aussi dénommé bastion Royal, dates from the 16th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1974 and 2003; and 8.2% 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 Ardres
How many historic monuments are there in Ardres?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Ardres: 2 classé and 2 inscrit.
Which monuments in Ardres are classé?
2, among them Bastion Condette aussi dénommé bastion Royal and Silos à blé dénommés Les Poires.
How old are the homes in Ardres?
8.2% 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 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.