ClasséArchaeological site · protected 1983Carrière CarpentierPhoto: APictche · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Carrière Carpentier · Photo: APictche · CC BY-SA 4.030historic monuments
History of Abbeville · Monuments historiques
30 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2025. The Culture ministry lists 30 historic monuments in Abbeville: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 22 inscrit (the second level). That’s 13 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 90% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 14 of them.
Monuments historiques
30
13 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
8
the highest protection
Inscrit
22
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
7.7%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Abbeville in 14 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Notre-Dame-de-la-ChapelleClassé
Ancienne manufacture des RamesClassé
Église du Saint-SépulcreClassé
Église Saint-Vulfran ou ancienne collégialeClassé
Abbaye Notre-Dame de WillencourtInscrit+9See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
How old
How old Abbeville’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.2
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.2
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution17
19th century 1801–19002
20th century and later since 19011
4 of 24 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Carrière Carpentier (Prehistory). 6 monuments have no date on the list.
Map
Where Abbeville’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.
30 monuments by protection
8 Classé22 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
8 classé monuments in Abbeville
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 4 of the 8 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChurch · protected 1840Église Saint-Vulfran ou ancienne collégialePhoto: Camster2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséIndustrial building · protected 1984Ancienne manufacture des RamesPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséChurch · protected 1910Église Notre-Dame-de-la-ChapellePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Ybroc · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Archaeological site · protected 1983Carrière de Menchecourt
Building · protected 1928Immeuble, 26 rue Lesueur, anciennement 10 Grande-Rue-Notre-DamePart of the building is protected
Building · protected 1924Immeuble, 21, anciennement 115 rue Saint-GillesPart of the building is protected
Inscrit
22 inscrit monuments in Abbeville
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 21, A to Z
Abbaye Notre-Dame de WillencourtAncien couvent des UrsulinesAncien hôtelAncien prieuré Saint-Pierre et Saint-PaulBains-DouchesCarmel d’AbbevilleÉglise Saint-GillesHôtel de BuignyHôtel de RamburesHôtel de villeMaison dite de Bagatelle et son parcMaison dite des ArondellesMaison, 1, 3 rue Pierre-SauvageMaison, 15 rue des CapucinsMaison, 2, 4 chaussée MarcadéMaison, 22, anciennement 16 rue des CarmesMaison, 4, anciennement 7 rue du Pont-de-BoulogneMaison, 82, anciennement 76 chaussée d'HocquetMaison, 9 rue du Pont-de-BoulogneThéâtre municipalTour Maillefeu
8 more, named only by their kind
8 more are named in the list only by their kind: 7 houses (maisons) and 1 other, most from the 16th century. The 7 with an address are in the list above, by it.
16th c.5
17th c.1
19th c.1
undated1
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Abbeville
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes14
Religious buildings8
Military & fortified1
Public & civic1
Bridges & engineering1
Industrial1
Houses & homes: 14 of 30 monuments (47%). 8 are religious buildings, 3 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 4 have no domain on the list.
Protected area
Abbeville has had a protected historic area since 2025
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| Not numbered yet | – December 1, 2025 | – |
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
6 of Abbeville’s monuments were protected in 1974
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1974 · 61926 · 5
1840186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1840: Église Saint-Vulfran ou ancienne collégiale. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 6 were protected in 1974 alone. 2 have been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
63 people born in Abbeville before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
Jean Halgrin
Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy
Hélisenne de Crenne
Claude Mellan
Jean Lenfant
Philippe Hecquet
Jacques Aliamet
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet Charpentier
Blaise Duval
Charles François Duval de Grandpré
Louis-Alexandre Devérité
Rose Bertin
Nicolas-Jean Hugou de Bassville
Gabriel Barbou des Courières
Louis Cordier
Herminie Déhérain
François Augustin Bridoux
Amédée Courbet
Henri Padé
120013501500165018001950
JH
Jean Halgrin1180–1233 · Catholic cardinal and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
JL
Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy1395–1468 · French historian
HC
Hélisenne de Crenne1510–1560 · French writer and translator
CM
Claude Mellan1598–1688 · French painter and engraver
PH
Philippe Hecquet1661–1737 · French physician
JA
Jacques Aliamet1726–1788 · French engraver
JF
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet1731–1797 · French artist
JJ
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet Charpentier1734–1794 · French organist and composer
Everyone born in Abbeville Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Abbeville has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 21,700 to 23,100 residents, by historic monuments.
Abbeville30
#1 of 41for monuments per resident (13 per 10,000). Most per resident: Abbeville, Auch and Maisons-Laffitte.
The median town of these has 2. 10 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Abbeville
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeville | 22,395 | 30 | 8 | Yes |
| Flixecourt | 3,221 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Friville-Escarbotin | 4,306 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Rue | 2,987 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Auxi-le-Château Pas-de-Calais | 2,547 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime | 2,819 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Abbeville in brief
Carrière Carpentier, from prehistory, is the oldest monument in Abbeville. In all there are 30 historic monuments, 8 of them classé, including Carrière Carpentier. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 90% of compared French towns. Hôtel de ville is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2025. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 17 of 24. The rest is about typical: 7.7% 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 Abbeville
How many historic monuments are there in Abbeville?
The Culture ministry lists 30 historic monuments in Abbeville: 8 classé and 22 inscrit.
Which monuments in Abbeville are classé?
8, among them Carrière Carpentier, Carrière de Menchecourt, Église Saint-Vulfran ou ancienne collégiale, Ancienne manufacture des Rames, Église du Saint-Sépulcre and Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Chapelle.
How old are the monuments of Abbeville?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
Is Abbeville a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Abbeville has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2025.
When were monuments in Abbeville first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2023.
How old are the homes in Abbeville?
7.7% 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 9, 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.