ClasséMarket hall · protected 1992Halles (anciennes)Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Halles (anciennes) · Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.534historic monuments
History of Montbéliard · Monuments historiques
34 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1989
The Culture ministry lists 34 historic monuments in Montbéliard: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 26 inscrit (the second level). That’s 14 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 91% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 16th century. We have photos of 30 of them.
Monuments historiques
34
14 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
8
the highest protection
Inscrit
26
the second level
Oldest part
16th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
6.1%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Montbéliard in 30 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
ChâteauClassé
Hôtel Beurnier-Rossel (ancien)Classé
Temple protestant Saint-MartinClassé
Pierre à poissonsClassé
MaisonClassé+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.
Protected area
Montbéliard has had a protected historic area since 1989
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR27-18 | ZPPAUP January 25, 1989 | PVAP (heritage plan) April 7, 2022 |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
Map
Where Montbéliard’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Château
7 of 8classé monuments stand within 400 m of Château, with 27 of the town’s 34 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
34 monuments by protection
8 Classé26 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.
Classé
8 classé monuments in Montbéliard
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 4 of the 8 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséHouse · protected 1921Maison Morlot ou maison Forstner, dite des Princes, actuellement succursale de la Banque de FrancePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTemple · protected 1963Temple protestant Saint-MartinPhoto: Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown house · protected 1987Hôtel Beurnier-Rossel (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChurch · protected 1994Église catholique Saint-MaimboeufPhoto: A.BourgeoisP · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséChâteau · protected 1996ChâteauPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Espirat · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1986Maison, 11 rue de la Sous-PréfecturePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Sacamol · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
26 inscrit monuments in Montbéliard
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 24, A to Z
Ferme de la Souaberie (ancienne)Hôpital (ancien)Hôtel de FranquemontHôtel de la Croix d'OrHôtel de villeHôtel de voyageurs du Lion RougeImmeuble dit Le Lion de PeugeotImmeuble, 23 rue Georges-ClémenceauImmeuble, 8 rue CuvierMaison mitoyenne à l'hôtel Beurnier-RosselMaison RosselMaison, 1 place Saint-MartinMaison, 14 rue Diemer-DuperretMaison, 18 rue Georges-ClémenceauMaison, 19 place Denfert-RochereauMaison, 21 place Denfert-RochereauMaison, 29 rue du Faubourg-de-BesançonMaison, 3 rue Saint-MartinMaison, 31 rue du Faubourg-de-BesançonMaison, 34, 36 rue Georges-Clémenceaumonument aux mortsPavillon de jardin, dit " loge "Temple Saint-Georges (ancien)Université luthérienne (ancienne)
13 more, named only by their kind
13 more are named in the list only by their kind: 9 houses (maisons), 2 buildings (immeubles) and 2 others, most from the 16th and 17th centuries. The 11 with an address are in the list above, by it.
16th c.5
17th c.3
18th c.1
19th c.3
20th c.1
What’s protected
Most of Montbéliard’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes22
Religious buildings4
Public & civic4
Tombs & cemeteries1
Shops & trade1
Houses & homes: 22 of 34 monuments (65%). 4 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
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 Montbéliard’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 Revolution25
19th century 1801–19005
20th century and later since 19013
The oldest dated: Ferme de la Souaberie (ancienne) (16th & 17th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
When protected
11 of Montbéliard’s monuments were protected in 1989
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1989 · 11
192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1921: Maison Morlot ou maison Forstner, dite des Princes, actuellement succursale de la Banque de France. 11 were protected in 1989 alone. 2 have been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
14 people born in Montbéliard before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean-Frédéric de Wurtemberg
Marc David Lavie
Charles Duvernoy
Alexandre de Wurtemberg
Frédéric Cuvier
Charles Léopold Laurillard
Hortense Wild
Pierre-Frédéric Dorian
Alphonse Hochstuhl
Henri Mouhot
Charles Weisser
Jean Ebersolt
Geneviève Gallois
Louise Blazer
155016001650170017501800185019001950
JF
Jean-Frédéric de Wurtemberg1582–1628 · Duke of Württemberg
AW
Alexandre de Wurtemberg1771–1833 · Duke of Württemberg
FC
Frédéric Cuvier1773–1838 · French biologist
CL
Charles Léopold Laurillard1783–1853 · French naturalist
PF
Pierre-Frédéric Dorian1814–1873 · French master blacksmith and politician, a radical Republican leader
HM
Henri Mouhot1826–1861 · French explorer
MD
Marc David Lavie1737–1793 · French politician
CD
Charles Duvernoy1766–1845 · French composer, clarinetist and music educator
Everyone born in Montbéliard Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Montbéliard has the 4th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 23,400 to 26,100 residents, by historic monuments.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Montbéliard
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montbéliard | 24,672 | 34 | 8 | Yes |
| Bethoncourt | 5,308 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sochaux | 3,721 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Exincourt | 3,277 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Grand-Charmont | 5,873 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vieux-Charmont | 2,786 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Voujeaucourt | 3,174 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Montbéliard in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Montbéliard: per resident it has more than 91% of compared French towns. In all there are 34 historic monuments, 8 of them classé, including Halles (anciennes). In 2020 the Mission Patrimoine picked Temple protestant Saint-Martin as a monument in danger to save. Only 3 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1989. Most entries on the list, 65%, are houses and homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 25 of 33. Beyond that, 6.1% 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 Montbéliard
How many historic monuments are there in Montbéliard?
The Culture ministry lists 34 historic monuments in Montbéliard: 8 classé and 26 inscrit.
Which monuments in Montbéliard are classé?
8, among them Halles (anciennes), Maison Morlot ou maison Forstner, dite des Princes, actuellement succursale de la Banque de France, Temple protestant Saint-Martin, Hôtel Beurnier-Rossel (ancien), Église catholique Saint-Maimboeuf and Pierre à poissons.
How old are the monuments of Montbéliard?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 16th century.
Is Montbéliard a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Montbéliard has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1989.
When were monuments in Montbéliard first protected?
The first in 1921, the latest in 2022.
How old are the homes in Montbéliard?
6.1% 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.