ClasséAbbey · protected 1907Ancienne abbayePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Église Saint-Pierre (ancienne abbatiale) · Photo: Paulparis2010 · CC BY-SA 3.04historic monuments
History of Corbie · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, 4 classé
The first listing in Corbie dates from 1895. 4 of Corbie’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Homes before 1919
7.4%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Corbie in pictures
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancienne église collégiale Saint-EtienneClassé
Ancienne abbayeClassé
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'AssomptionClassé+1See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Corbie’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséWithin 400 m of Ancienne abbaye
3 of 4classé monuments stand within 400 m of Ancienne abbaye, with 3 of the town’s 4 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
4 monuments by protection
4 Classé
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
4 classé monuments in Corbie
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 2 of the 4 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChurch · protected 1907Ancienne église collégiale Saint-EtiennePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChurch · protected 1895Église Notre-Dame-de-l'AssomptionPhoto: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChurch · protected 1919Église Saint-Pierre (ancienne abbatiale)Photo: Paulparis2010 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Born before 1900
6 people born in Corbie before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Colette de Corbie
Pierre Nicolas Grenier
Antoine Graincourt
Jean Masse
Antoine Jules Joseph Huré
Eugène Lefebvre
13501500165018001950
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Colette de Corbie1381–1447 · 15th c. French abbess: founded Colettine Poor Clares
AG
Antoine Graincourt1748–1823 · French painter
AJ
Antoine Jules Joseph Huré1873–1949 · French army officer and engineer
EL
Eugène Lefebvre1878–1909 · French aviation pioneer
PN
Pierre Nicolas Grenier1725–1789 · French historian
JM
Jean Masse1868–1934 · French politician
Everyone born in Corbie Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Corbie has the 10th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 5,900 to 6,100 residents, by historic monuments.
Corbie4
The median town of these has 2. 7 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Corbie
In brief
Corbie in brief
The official list counts 4 historic monuments in Corbie, 4 of them classé, including Église Saint-Pierre (ancienne abbatiale). Ancienne abbaye sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. In 2020 the Mission Patrimoine picked Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption as a monument in danger to save.
Only 9 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Colette de Corbie (1381), Antoine Graincourt (1748) and Antoine Jules Joseph Huré (1873) are among the 6 people born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1895 and 1919; and 7.4% 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 Corbie
How many historic monuments are there in Corbie?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Corbie: 4 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Corbie are classé?
4, among them Ancienne abbaye, Ancienne église collégiale Saint-Etienne, Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption and Église Saint-Pierre (ancienne abbatiale).
How old are the homes in Corbie?
7.4% 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.