Description

This table contains figures on the number of listed monuments and historic buildings in the Netherlands on 31 December of the year in question for the years 1965-2024. Provincial and municipal monuments are not included in this table. All figures in this table are based on the Dutch National Register of Monuments and Historic Buildings which is compiled by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands. The regional classification is based on the municipal classification of January 1, 2025 for all years. The figures are not only broken down by type of monument, but also by part of the country, province and municipality.

Data available from 1965 to 2024 according to the municipal classification of 2025.
Tables containing the listed monuments using the regional classifications from the years 2016 and onward can be found in the data archive, see the link in paragraph 3.

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of 25th April 2025:
None, this is a new table.

When will new figures be published?
The figures from 1965 to 2025 according to the municipal classification of 2026 will be available in the second quarter of 2026 in a new table.

Status

Disclosure level
Public
Available since
Updated

Features

Change frequency
Never
High value
Basic register

Ownership

Contact

Name
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek

Metadata

Identifier
https://opendata.cbs.nl/ODataApi/OData/86109ENG
Metadata language
English

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National monuments
Type of monument, province, municipality (classification of 2025)

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National monuments
Type of monument, province, municipality (classification of 2025)

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CC-BY (4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.nl CC-BY (4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.nl
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