FrançaisGuest, Sign inJoin
Bellegarde-sur-Valserine panoramaPhoto: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
1historic monument
History of Valserhône · Monuments historiques

1 historic monument, none of them classé

The monument in Valserhône went on the list in 2019. The list names it Monument aux morts. Its origins go back to the 20th century.

Monuments historiques
1
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
20th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
6.7%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures

Monuments of Valserhône in pictures

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.

Map

Where Valserhône’s monuments stand

Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.

Monument aux morts · Inscrit · 20th c.
Inscrit

Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.

1 monuments by protection
1 Inscrit

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.

Inscrit

One inscrit monument in Valserhône

Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.

Born before 1900

3 people born in Valserhône before 1900

Their lives on one line.

Louise de Ballon
Joanny Rendu
Étienne-Paul-Émile-Marie Beynet
155016001650170017501800185019001950
LB
Louise de Ballon1591–1668 · monk
JR
Joanny Rendu1851–1937 · French obstetrician
ÉP
Étienne-Paul-Émile-Marie Beynet1883–1969 · French military personnel

Everyone born in Valserhône Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.

Neighbors

Historic monuments in the towns around Valserhône

TownResidentsMonumentsClasséProtected area
Valserhône16,71210—
Valleiry Haute-Savoie5,26400—
Péron2,91600—
Nantua3,41611Yes
Viry Haute-Savoie5,80900—
Thoiry6,56900—
Montréal-la-Cluse3,56800—
In brief

Valserhône in brief

The official list counts 1 historic monument in Valserhône, including Monument aux morts. Louise de Ballon (1591), Joanny Rendu (1851) and Étienne-Paul-Émile-Marie Beynet (1883) were all born here before 1900. The oldest, Monument aux morts, dates from the 20th century. The rest is about typical: it has one historic monument, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 3); its only entry went on the list in 2019; and 6.7% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.

How to read these numbers

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 Valserhône

How many historic monuments are there in Valserhône?

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Valserhône: 1 inscrit, none classé.

How old are the homes in Valserhône?

6.7% 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 4, 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.