Hôtel de Chanlas · Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.035 historic monuments, 5 classé
For every 10,000 residents Sélestat counts 18 monuments, more per resident than 94% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. The oldest monuments in Sélestat date from the 11th century. We have photos of 30 of Sélestat’s monuments.
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Sélestat in 30 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancien Hôtel d'EbersmunsterClassé
Cimetière juifClassé
Ancienne cathédrale ou église Saint-GeorgesClassé
Église Sainte-FoyClassé
Ancien arsenal Saint-HilaireInscrit+25See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Where Sélestat’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
5 classé monuments in Sélestat
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 3 of the 5 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé30 inscrit monuments in Sélestat
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared. 1 of them has no protection level on the list.
All 30, A to Z
10 more, named only by their kind
10 more are named in the list only by their kind: 9 houses (maisons) and 1 other, most from the 18th century. The 10 with an address are in the list above, by it.
Houses and homes are the largest group in Sélestat
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 17 of 35 monuments (49%). 6 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 3 have no domain on the list.
How old Sélestat’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
7 of 33 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Sainte-Foy (11th & 19th c.). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
Sélestat’s list has grown since 1848
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1848: Ancienne cathédrale ou église Saint-Georges. 5 were protected in 1929 alone. None has been added since 2011.
20 people born in Sélestat before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Sélestat Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Sélestat has the 7th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 18,800 to 20,500 residents, by historic monuments.
Historic monuments in the towns around Sélestat
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sélestat | 19,589 | 35 | 5 | — |
| Scherwiller | 3,099 | 9 | 2 | — |
| Châtenois | 4,294 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Hilsenheim | 2,604 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ribeauvillé Haut-Rhin | 4,685 | 16 | 3 | — |
| Marckolsheim | 4,398 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Huttenheim | 2,735 | 2 | 0 | — |
Sélestat in brief
For its size, Sélestat has more historic monuments than 94% of compared French towns. In all there are 35 historic monuments, 5 of them classé, including Hôtel de Chanlas. Ancienne cathédrale ou église Saint-Georges sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. Only 6 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 23 of 33. The oldest, Église Sainte-Foy, dates from the 11th century. Château d'eau carries the Architecture contemporaine remarquable label. Beyond that, 8.8% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Sélestat
How many historic monuments are there in Sélestat?
The Culture ministry lists 35 historic monuments in Sélestat: 5 classé and 29 inscrit.
Which monuments in Sélestat are classé?
5, among them Église Sainte-Foy, Ancienne cathédrale ou église Saint-Georges, Ancien Hôtel d'Ebersmunster, Cimetière juif and Hôtel de Chanlas.
How old are the monuments of Sélestat?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
When were monuments in Sélestat first protected?
The first in 1848, the latest in 2009.
How old are the homes in Sélestat?
8.8% 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.