ClasséHouse · protected 1993Maison Cuche dite Château Pertusier, actuellement musée de l'Horlogerie du Haut-DoubsPhoto: Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Maison Cuche dite Château Pertusier, actuellement musée de l'Horlogerie du Haut-Doubs · Photo: Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 3.05historic monuments
History of Morteau · Monuments historiques
5 historic monuments, 1 classé
Morteau has 7.2 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 79% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest monuments in Morteau date from the 15th century. We have photos of 3 of Morteau’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
5
7.2 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
4
the second level
Oldest part
15th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
9.4%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Morteau in pictures
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Morteau’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
5 monuments by protection
1 Classé4 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
One classé monument in Morteau
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. Each card opens the monument’s page.
Inscrit
4 inscrit monuments in Morteau
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritTown hall · protected 1978Hôtel de villePart of the building is protectedPhoto: VincentdeMorteau · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritMonument · protected 2022monument aux morts
Building · protected 2012Immeuble, 8 rue Gonsalve-PertusierPart of the building is protected
How old
How old Morteau’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.1
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution2
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19012
1 of 5 dated monuments has parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Hôtel de ville (16th c.).
Towns its size
Morteau has the 10th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 6,900 to 7,000 residents, by historic monuments.
Morteau5
#12 of 41for monuments per resident (7.2 per 10,000). Most per resident: Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Nérac and Valognes.
The median town of these has 3. 9 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Morteau
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morteau | 6,953 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Les Fins | 3,048 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Villers-le-Lac | 5,292 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Le Russey | 2,599 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Valdahon | 5,705 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Charquemont | 2,900 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Doubs | 3,335 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Morteau in brief
Measured per resident, Morteau has more historic monuments than 79% of compared French towns. In all there are 5 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Maison Cuche dite Château Pertusier, actuellement musée de l'Horlogerie du Haut-Doubs. In 2024 the Mission Patrimoine picked Maison Cuche dite Château Pertusier, actuellement musée de l'Horlogerie du Haut-Doubs as a monument in danger to save. Only 9 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Beyond that, Jean-Claude Bouquet (1819) was born here before 1900; the list grew between 1926 and 2022; and 9.4% 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 Morteau
How many historic monuments are there in Morteau?
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Morteau: 1 classé and 4 inscrit.
Which monuments in Morteau are classé?
One: Maison Cuche dite Château Pertusier, actuellement musée de l'Horlogerie du Haut-Doubs.
How old are the monuments of Morteau?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 15th century.
When were monuments in Morteau first protected?
The first in 1926, the latest in 2022.
How old are the homes in Morteau?
9.4% 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.