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Café du Commerce
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Historic monument · inscrit · Mérimée

Café du Commerce

31 rue des Granges, Besançon

Inscrit historic monument since 1981One of 150 inscrit monuments in Besançon; inscrit is the second level, held by 31,291 of France’s 46,703 monuments (67%).
CCommercial buildingS19th c.1981protectedPPartly protected
DirectionsMérimée record ↗
About

About Café du Commerce

Café du Commerce is one of 150 inscrit historic monuments in Besançon, the second of France’s two levels of protection. It dates from the 19th c. Part of it has been inscrit since 1981. 78 more historic monuments stand within 400 m.

MHRead its Mérimée recordThe Culture ministry’s notice PA00101460 on POP↗

Inscrit is the second level: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared to the State in advance.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 monuments in about 10 minutes

Besançon · about 0.3 mi on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Café du CommerceStart here
  2. 2Maison, 9 place du Huit-SeptembreInscrit · 0.1 mi on
  3. 3Palais de JusticeClassé · 0.1 mi on
  4. 4Hôtel Terrier de SantansClassé · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Immeuble et Fontaine des Carmes attenanteClassé · 0.1 mi on
Farther afield
Ancien hôtel Gauthiot d'AncierInscrit0.2 miMaison, Grande-Rue 13Inscrit0.2 miHôtel ChevanneyInscrit0.2 miAbbaye Saint-PaulInscrit0.2 miAncien Hôpital du Saint-EspritClassé0.2 miHôtel de RosièresInscrit0.2 mi
Around it

19 more historic monuments within 150 m

C classé · I inscrit. Each opens its own page.

CÉglise Saint-Pierre62 mIMaison, 6 place du Huit-Septembre89 mIMaison, 11 place du Huit-Septembre90 mIMaison, 6bis place du Huit-Septembre91 mIMaison, 13 place du Huit-Septembre93 mIBoutique (pharmacie)98 mIMaison, 9 place du Huit-Septembre101 mIMaison, 4 place du Huit-Septembre103 mIÉglise (ancienne)115 mIMaison, 5 place du Huit-Septembre116 mIMaison, 3 place du Huit-Septembre117 mIMaison, 2 place du Huit-Septembre118 mIImmeuble, 67 Grande-Rue118 mIMaison, 1 place du Huit-Septembre127 mIHôtel de Mesmay137 mCHôtel de ville143 mLHôtel de Montureux144 mIHôtel du Bouteiller, puis de Montureux144 m
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LMaison, 14 rue Luc-Breton144 m
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With a photo, within 25 mi; other towns first.

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Voie romaine constituant le chemin communal dit du SertBeure · 2.4 mi away
Château (ruines)Montfaucon · 2.6 mi away
Maison-forte médiévaleFontain · 3 mi away
Château d'EcoleÉcole-Valentin · 3 mi away
Château de MisereyMiserey-Salines · 4.2 mi away
Mairie-lavoirGennes · 4.6 mi away
Château (restes)Montferrand-le-Château · 6.4 mi away

Questions about Café du Commerce

Is Café du Commerce protected?

Yes. It is inscrit, the second of France’s two levels of protection as a historic monument since 1981 (Mérimée record PA00101460). The protection covers part of the building.

Can you visit Café du Commerce?

The list doesn’t say when it is open. Many monuments open on the Journées européennes du patrimoine in September; the town hall or tourist office can tell you more.

When was Café du Commerce built?

By the list’s record, it dates from the 19th c.

Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries). 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.