National monuments per municipality: most Amsterdam (7,679 national monuments), then Maastricht and Utrecht

National monuments per municipality, October 2026, in national monuments. Total: 63,098; the largest 12 of 342 categories are shown. Amsterdam is 12% of the total. Counted in the RCE linked data, only objects with the status of national monument.

Source: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, linked data (SPARQL, dataset rce/cho) · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026 · selection: juridische status: rijksmonumentOpen the table Single block

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Register of national monuments

Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed

The register of the Cultural Heritage Agency: 63,098 national monuments on 15 October 2026, of which 61,637 built and 1,461 archaeological. With number, category, registration date, BAG address and map point or outline. Also the protected townscapes and world heritage. As a map service (WFS), download and linked data with SPARQL.

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Table: rce/cho
Latest figure: oktober 2026
Fetched: 25 October 2026

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curl "https://api.linkeddata.cultureelerfgoed.nl/datasets/rce/cho/services/cho/sparql?query=PREFIX%20ceo%3A%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Flinkeddata.cultureelerfgoed.nl%2Fdef%2Fceo%23%3E%0APREFIX%20skos%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2004%2F02%2Fskos%2Fcore%23%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fgemeente%20(COUNT(DISTINCT%20%3Fm)%20AS%20%3Fn)%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fm%20a%20ceo%3ARijksmonument%20%3B%20ceo%3AheeftJuridischeStatus%2Fskos%3AprefLabel%20%22rijksmonument%22%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20ceo%3AheeftBasisregistratieRelatie%2Fceo%3Agemeentenaam%20%3Fgemeente%20.%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fgemeente%20ORDER%20BY%20DESC(%3Fn)"

National monuments per municipality: most Amsterdam (7,679 national monuments), then Maastricht and Utrecht

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