InscritTown hall · protected 1929Hôtel de villePart of the building is protectedPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Centre de fermentation des tabacs · Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.010historic monuments
History of Benfeld · Monuments historiques
10 historic monuments, none of them classé
Benfeld has 17 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 93% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 16th century. We have photos of 8 of them.
Monuments historiques
10
17 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
10
the second level
Oldest part
16th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
7.1%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Benfeld in 8 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Maison dite le ChâteletInscrit
Hôtel de villeInscrit
MaisonInscrit
MaisonInscrit
Ancien relais de poste à chevauxInscrit+3See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Benfeld’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Inscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
10 monuments by protection
10 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
10 inscrit monuments in Benfeld
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritHouse · protected 2023Maison dite le ChâteletPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritCommercial building · protected 2015Ancien relais de poste à chevauxPart of the building is protectedPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritIndustrial building · protected 1988Centre de fermentation des tabacsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1988Maison, 12 rue ClemenceauPart of the building is protectedPhoto: NiiOmaK · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1929Maison, 4, anciennement Grande-Rue ( ) 4 rue du Général-de-GaullePart of the building is protectedPhoto: NiiOmaK · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHospital · protected 1929Hôpital, rue de l'HôpitalPart of the building is protectedPhoto: NiiOmaK · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChâteau · protected 1988Ancien château épiscopalPart of the building is protected
Archaeological site · protected 1976Site archéologique
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Benfeld
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes3
Public & civic2
Religious buildings1
Industrial1
Shops & trade1
Houses & homes: 3 of 10 monuments (30%). 1 is a religious building.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 2 have no domain on the list.
How old
How old Benfeld’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.0
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution7
19th century 1801–19002
20th century and later since 19010
The oldest dated: Ancien château épiscopal (16th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
When protected
3 of Benfeld’s monuments were protected in 1929
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1929: Hôtel de ville. 3 have been added since 2011.
Towns its size
Benfeld has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 5,900 to 6,000 residents, by historic monuments.
Benfeld10
#3 of 41for monuments per resident (17 per 10,000). Most per resident: Ciboure, Grand-Champ and Benfeld.
The median town of these has 2. 7 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Benfeld
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benfeld | 5,973 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Huttenheim | 2,735 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Erstein | 10,790 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Gerstheim | 3,490 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Hilsenheim | 2,604 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rhinau | 2,723 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Barr | 7,057 | 4 | 0 | — |
In brief
Benfeld in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Benfeld: per resident it has more than 93% of compared French towns. In all there are 10 historic monuments, including Centre de fermentation des tabacs. Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments.
Of the 9 with a date, 7 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. The oldest is Ancien château épiscopal, from the 16th century. Beyond that, François Antoine Joseph Nicolas Macors (1744) and Charles-Auguste Marande (1858) were born here before 1900; and 7.1% 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 Benfeld
How many historic monuments are there in Benfeld?
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Benfeld: 10 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the monuments of Benfeld?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 16th century.
When were monuments in Benfeld first protected?
The first in 1929, the latest in 2023.
How old are the homes in Benfeld?
7.1% 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.