Hôtel de ville · Photo: Stéphane Esquirol · CC BY-SA 4.012 historic monuments, 1 classé
Ensisheim has 16 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 93% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest monuments in Ensisheim date from the 13th century. We have photos of 10 of Ensisheim’s monuments.
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Ensisheim in 10 photos
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Cimetière Saint-MartinInscrit
MaisonInscrit
Ancien hôtel particulier daté de 1764Inscrit
Ancien collège des Jésuites, puis établissement pénitentiaireInscrit
Ancien hôtel de l'Intendant d'Alsace, dit ancienne Ecole des FillesInscrit+5See 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 Ensisheim’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.
One classé monument in Ensisheim
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.
Classé11 inscrit monuments in Ensisheim
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritMost of Ensisheim’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 7 of 12 monuments (58%).
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old Ensisheim’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
4 of 11 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancien système fortifié urbain (13th–18th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Over half of Ensisheim’s monuments were protected in 1935
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1898: Hôtel de ville. 7 were protected in 1935 alone. None has been added since 2011.
4 people born in Ensisheim before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Ensisheim Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Ensisheim has the 3rd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 7,200 to 7,400 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 1. 9 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Ensisheim
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensisheim | 7,306 | 12 | 1 | — |
| Ruelisheim | 2,519 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pulversheim | 3,069 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wittenheim | 15,553 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Bollwiller | 4,184 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Baldersheim | 2,596 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Staffelfelden | 4,072 | 0 | 0 | — |
Ensisheim in brief
For its size, Ensisheim has more historic monuments than 93% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 12 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Hôtel de ville. Only 2 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Most entries on the list, 58%, are houses and homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 7 of 11. The oldest, Ancien système fortifié urbain, dates from the 13th century. Charles François de Virot de Sombreuil (1723), Léon Boëllmann (1862) and François-Xavier Chambé (1748) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. Beyond that, 5.2% 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 Ensisheim
How many historic monuments are there in Ensisheim?
The Culture ministry lists 12 historic monuments in Ensisheim: 1 classé and 11 inscrit.
Which monuments in Ensisheim are classé?
One: Hôtel de ville.
How old are the monuments of Ensisheim?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
When were monuments in Ensisheim first protected?
The first in 1898, the latest in 1996.
How old are the homes in Ensisheim?
5.2% 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 9, 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.