Lack of a bell tower

Evangelical Churches do not have a bell tower, i.e. the Baptist Church in Antony near Paris, or the one on rue de la Roquette in Paris or even Christ Church in Paris.

 Among churches without a bell tower, buildings designed for worshipping can be found, such as the temple in Le Mans (1900), or in Caen (1959), but also buildings or rooms initially not designed for worshipping, such as the temple in Bar-le-Duc (1862) and the one in Toulouse -a former Royal Treasury turned into a temple in 1911.

High bell towers

High bell towers can often be seen, notably in the following temples: the temple in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (17th-18th centuries); the temple in Lille (1871); the temple in Guebwiller (1824); the temple in Kirrberg (19th century); the temple in Macon (1967); the temple in Saint-Quentin (1923) but also in some former Catholic Churches turned into temples such as the temple in Collorgues, and the temple in Orange (16th century).

Small bell towers

Many temples have a small bell tower, temples in Echery (15th-16th centuries) and Le Havre (built in 1857, bombed in 1940 and renovated in 1953).

The temple of the Holy Spirit in Paris is a special case, as it was initially built without a bell tower,  and the present bell tower was added later on.

Bell-gables also called comb-shaped bell towers

Some can be found all over France, for instance the temples in Cherbourg (1964) and in Issy-les-Moulineaux (1939); Church in Taizé (1939) and especially in Southern France: temples in Saint-Affrique (1802), in Uzès, in Collet-de-Dèze.

Bell towers without bells

On some pictures one can notice that there is no bell in the bell tower, as in the temples in Annemasse (1893);  in Orange (16th century); in Dinard (1914) and in the Billettes Church in Paris.

Sometimes the bell, instead of being set in the bell tower is over it as in the temple in Collorgues, a 15th century Catholic church, turned into a temple in the early 19th century and the temple in Nages, a former Romanesque Church turned in to a Protestant temple in the 19th century.

Bell ringing

Bells are meant to call believers to worship.

 According to the Law of 1905 on the separation of Church and State, the mayor was entitled to regulate the ringing of bells.

 In fact bells are rarely rung in Protestant temples, as can be devised from the many temples without a bell tower, or with a bell tower without bells.