Chapelle des Franciscains ou chapelle Perret · Photo: Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.07 historic monuments, 3 classé
The oldest monuments in Arcueil date from the 12th century. For every 10,000 residents Arcueil counts 3.2 monuments, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. We have photos of 7 of Arcueil’s monuments.
median compared town 2.5
Arcueil in 7 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-DenysClassé
Aqueduc des Eaux de Rungis (également sur communes de Rungis, Fresnes, L'Hay-les-Roses, Cachan, Gentilly et Paris 14)Classé
ImmeubleInscrit
Ancienne usine pharmaceutique Raspail (usine Anis Gras)Inscrit
Maison des Gardes de l'ancien châteauInscrit+2See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Where Arcueil’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
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.
3 classé monuments in Arcueil
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 3 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé4 inscrit monuments in Arcueil
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritHow old Arcueil’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
1 of 7 dated monuments has parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Saint-Denys (12th–18th c.).
4.4% of homes in Arcueil were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
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 (29%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Historic monuments in the towns around Arcueil
Arcueil in brief
The record in Arcueil starts with Église Saint-Denys, which dates from the 12th century. All told, the list holds 7 historic monuments, 3 of them classé, including Chapelle des Franciscains ou chapelle Perret. 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 7 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and Adrienne Bolland (1895) and Émile Baligean (1891) were born here before 1900.
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 Arcueil
How many historic monuments are there in Arcueil?
The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Arcueil: 3 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Arcueil are classé?
3, among them Église Saint-Denys, Aqueduc des Eaux de Rungis (également sur communes de Rungis, Fresnes, L'Hay-les-Roses, Cachan, Gentilly et Paris 14) and Chapelle des Franciscains ou chapelle Perret.
How old are the monuments of Arcueil?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Arcueil first protected?
The first in 1862, the latest in 2000.
How old are the homes in Arcueil?
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 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.