ClasséChurch · protected 1888Église Notre-Dame et la cryptePhoto: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ruines du château · Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author ou non renseigné · Public domain2historic monuments
History of Ham · Monuments historiques
2 historic monuments, 1 classé
The ministry first listed a monument in Ham in 1888. Ham’s oldest monuments date from the 12th century.
Monuments historiques
2
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
4.4%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Ham 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 Ham’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.
2 monuments by protection
1 Classé1 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 Ham
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
One inscrit monument in Ham
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChâteau · protected 1965Ruines du châteauPhoto: Auteur inconnu Unknown author ou non renseigné · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Age of homes
4.4% of homes in Ham were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
4.4%
Before 1919
18%
1919–45
39%
1946–70
30%
1971–90
5.5%
1991–2005
3.9%
2006 on
HamMedian compared French town
4.4% 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 Ham before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Antoinette de Bourbon
Jean-Joseph Vadé
François Charles Absolut de La Gastine
Maximilien Sébastien Foy
Jean-Charles Peltier
Maximilien Sébastien Auguste Foy
Achille-Joseph Bernot
Marie Surcouf
Léon Accambray
1500165018001950
AB
Antoinette de Bourbon1494–1583 · Duchess consort of Guise
JJ
Jean-Joseph Vadé1720–1757 · French chansonnier, composer and writer
MS
Maximilien Sébastien Foy1775–1825 · French military leader, statesman and writer
JC
Jean-Charles Peltier1785–1845 · French physicist
MS
Marie Surcouf1863–1928 · French balloonist and feminist
FC
François Charles Absolut de La Gastine1751–1814 · French officer
MS
Maximilien Sébastien Auguste Foy1815–1871 · French diplomat and politician
AJ
Achille-Joseph Bernot1842–1911 · French politician
Everyone born in Ham Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Ham
In brief
Ham in brief
The record in Ham starts with Église Notre-Dame et la crypte, which dates from the 12th century. In all there are 2 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Église Notre-Dame et la crypte. Of the 9 people born here before 1900, the best known include Antoinette de Bourbon (1494), Jean-Joseph Vadé (1720) and Maximilien Sébastien Foy (1775). Its homes are mostly newer: 4.4% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 2 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1); and the list grew between 1888 and 1965.
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 Ham
How many historic monuments are there in Ham?
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ham: 1 classé and 1 inscrit.
Which monuments in Ham are classé?
One: Église Notre-Dame et la crypte.
How old are the homes in Ham?
4.4% 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.