InscritChurch · protected 1996Ancienne église paroissiale du village disparu de Birsbach, dite HeidenkirchePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Communauté de Communes de l'Alsace Bossue / Yvon MEYER · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancienne église paroissiale du village disparu de Birsbach, dite Heidenkirche · Photo: Communauté de Communes de l'Alsace Bossue / Yvon MEYER · CC BY-SA 4.01historic monument
History of Butten · Monuments historiques
1 historic monument, none of them classé
Since 1996, the monument in Butten has been on the list. Listed, it is Ancienne église paroissiale du village disparu de Birsbach, dite Heidenkirche. It dates from the 14th century.
Monuments historiques
1
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
14th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
11%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Butten’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.
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 Butten
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Age of homes
11% of homes in Butten were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
11%
Before 1919
14%
1919–45
15%
1946–70
26%
1971–90
15%
1991–2005
19%
2006 on
ButtenMedian compared French town
11% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Butten
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butten | 640 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sarre-Union | 2,731 | 17 | 0 | Yes |
| Sarralbe Moselle | 4,364 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Hambach Moselle | 2,766 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Bitche Moselle | 4,966 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Sarreguemines Moselle | 20,143 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Woustviller Moselle | 2,786 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Butten in brief
Old houses are part of Butten’s character: 11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. All told, the list holds 1 historic monument, including Ancienne église paroissiale du village disparu de Birsbach, dite Heidenkirche. The oldest, Ancienne église paroissiale du village disparu de Birsbach, dite Heidenkirche, dates from the 14th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its only entry went on the list in 1996.
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 Butten
How many historic monuments are there in Butten?
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Butten: 1 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Butten?
11% 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) · 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.