ClasséChurch · protected 2004Basilique de Notre-Dame-de-BrébièresPhoto: Paul Hermans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 2.55historic monuments
History of Albert · Monuments historiques
5 historic monuments, 1 classé
Albert has 5.3 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 71% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. Albert’s oldest monuments date from the 19th century.
Monuments historiques
5
5.3 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
3
the second level
Oldest part
19th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
2.1%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Albert 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 Albert’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 Classé3 Inscrit1 Level not given
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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Classé
One classé monument in Albert
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 Albert
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared. 1 of them has no protection level on the list.
InscritMonument · protected 2009Jardin public
House · protected 2022Maison du Docteur FernetPart of the building is protected
Age of homes
2.1% of homes in Albert were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
2.1%
Before 1919
21%
1919–45
39%
1946–70
21%
1971–90
9.1%
1991–2005
8.1%
2006 on
AlbertMedian compared French town
2.1% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1946 and 1970 than in any other period (39%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
9 people born in Albert before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Louis-Ghislain de Bouteville du Metz
Landry-François-Adrien François
Antoine Joseph Lemarchant de Gomicourt
Antoine-Athanase Roux de Laborie
Jean Guyon
Campocasso
Eugénie Marie Salanson
Alfred Toulet
Louis Fernet
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C
Campocasso1833–1908 · French impresario
EM
Eugénie Marie Salanson1836–1912 · French painter
LG
Louis-Ghislain de Bouteville du Metz1746–1821 · French politician
LF
Landry-François-Adrien François1756–1837 · French politician
AJ
Antoine Joseph Lemarchant de Gomicourt1763–1827 · French politician
AA
Antoine-Athanase Roux de Laborie1769–1842 · French politician
JG
Jean Guyon1794–1870 · French military physician
AT
Alfred Toulet1839–1905 · French politician
Everyone born in Albert Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Albert has the 8th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 9,400 to 9,700 residents, by historic monuments.
Albert5
#10 of 41for monuments per resident (5.3 per 10,000). Most per resident: Aire-sur-la-Lys, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and Belley.
The median town of these has 1. 13 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Albert
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | 9,521 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Corbie | 5,982 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Villers-Bretonneux | 4,647 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bapaume Pas-de-Calais | 3,779 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosières-en-Santerre | 2,894 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Péronne | 7,090 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Camon | 4,359 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Albert in brief
The official list counts 5 historic monuments in Albert, 1 of them classé, including Basilique de Notre-Dame-de-Brébières. In 2018 the Mission Patrimoine picked Basilique de Notre-Dame-de-Brébières as a monument in danger to save. Only 7 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Campocasso (1833), Eugénie Marie Salanson (1836) and Louis-Ghislain de Bouteville du Metz (1746) are among the 9 people born here before 1900.
Its homes are mostly newer: 2.1% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. The oldest, Basilique de Notre-Dame-de-Brébières, dates from the 19th century. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and the list grew between 2004 and 2023.
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 Albert
How many historic monuments are there in Albert?
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Albert: 1 classé and 3 inscrit.
Which monuments in Albert are classé?
One: Basilique de Notre-Dame-de-Brébières.
How old are the monuments of Albert?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 19th century.
When were monuments in Albert first protected?
The first in 2004, the latest in 2023.
How old are the homes in Albert?
2.1% 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.