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The church of St. Nicholas-St. Laumer is a Romanesque church that was originally the abbey church of a monastery built in the 11th century. It is named after the founder of the abbey, Saint Laumer. Its construction began in the 11th century. The choir, transept and the first bay of the nave were built between 1138 and 1186. The church was completed in the early 13th century. The church was an important place of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. It houses several relics: Saint Lubin, Saint Laumer, Saint Mary the Egyptian and a fragment of the cross of Christ.

Church completed in 1580, and modified by works in the 18th century. Closed in 1793, it became a fodder store, before being designated as a Protestant Temple in 1803.

The foundation stone was laid on December 18, 1960. The work, which began on January 4, 1961, was carried out by the masonry company Duclos-Goncalvez et cie, a carpentry company from Boulogne, by the carpentry company François Condette. On December 17, 1961, the church received the blessing of the bishop.

St. Paul's Church is a neo-Romanesque building built between 1835 and 1849 to the plans of the architect Charles-Auguste Questel. Renowned artists participated in the decoration of the church: All the hinges and locks of the exterior and interior doors were made in 1845 by the ironworker Pierre Boulanger, who designed the remarkable hinges of the central portal of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The church has frescoes by Hippolyte Flandrin. Its organ was built in 1848 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.

The nave dates from the 11th century. In the 18th century the building was modified with additions such as a bay for the choir and chapels. The church is completely rebuilt in the 19th century: the first bay is added, as well as the bell tower.

First mention in 1017-1025. Reconstruction began in the 16th century by the abbot of Fécamp. It caught fire in 1563. In the meantime it was used as barracks, then as a prison. In the XIXth following the designation of parish church, works are undertaken.

The Saint-Pierre de Firminy church, also called "Le Corbusier church", was built between 1973 and 2006 and is one of the last projects of Le Corbusier (1887-1965). The concrete church is now part of the visitable site "Le Corbusier" which contains UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The Saint-Pierre de Montrouge church was built in the neo-Romanesque style between 1863 and 1872 to the plans of Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer. It was built as part of the Haussmannian works, from 1863, at the crossroads known as Quatre-Chemins. The architect Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, who was in charge of the 14th arrondissement at the time, designed many buildings in the capital, including several churches, notably the Greek cathedral of Saint-Etienne de Paris.

The church of Saint-Pierre-des-Minimes, located in the rue des Minimes, is a large classical building with a dome built in the 17th century as a church for the convent of the Minimes. The church was extended in the 19th century by Jean Teillard. The church was successively modified, destroyed, rebuilt and finally completed between 1895 and 1897 by Teillard, who added his characteristic dome. The interior sculptures are by Henri Gourgouillon.

Razed in 1953, a new church was built on the same site, financed by war damage. In a modern style, it was built to the plans of Calaisian architect Georges Wiart in order to fit in with the new town planning of a completely rebuilt district.