ClasséChurch · protected 1921Église des RécolletsPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancienne synagogue · Photo: Psu973 · CC BY-SA 3.027historic monuments
History of Rouffach · Monuments historiques
27 historic monuments, more per resident than almost any compared French town
The Culture ministry lists 27 historic monuments in Rouffach: 7 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 20 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 12th century. We have photos of 27 of them.
Monuments historiques
27
64 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
7
the highest protection
Inscrit
20
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
19%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Rouffach in 27 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église des RécolletsClassé
Ancien hôtel de villeClassé
MaisonClassé
Ancienne halle au bléClassé
Église Saint-Arbogast, puis Notre-Dame de l'AssomptionClassé+22See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Towns its size
Rouffach has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,200 to 4,300 residents, by historic monuments.
Rouffach27
#1 of 41for monuments per resident (64 per 10,000). Most per resident: Rouffach, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage and Tonnerre.
The median town of these has 1. 9 of the 41 have none.
Map
Where Rouffach’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Ancienne halle au blé
7 of 7classé monuments stand within 400 m of Ancienne halle au blé, with 20 of the town’s 27 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
27 monuments by protection
7 Classé20 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. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Classé
7 classé monuments in Rouffach
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 7 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséFortified house · protected 1921Tour des SorcièresPhoto: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Mhp1255 (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown hall · protected 1921Ancien hôtel de villePhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséMarket hall · protected 1921Ancienne halle au bléPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséChurch · protected 1841Église Saint-Arbogast, puis Notre-Dame de l'AssomptionPhoto: Lawitschka yvan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1921Maison, 2, anciennement 4 rue du MarchéPart of the building is protectedPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
20 inscrit monuments in Rouffach
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 20, A to Z
Ancien couvent des RécolletsAncien presbytèreAncienne fontaine dite StockbrunnenAncienne maison de l'Oeuvre Notre-DameAncienne maison RettigEnceinte fortifiéeImmeuble ou maison dite des Trois DamesMaison, 1 rue du Quatrième-Régiment-des-Spahis-Marocains (anciennement 65 rue Poincaré)Maison, 11 rue de la GendarmerieMaison, 11 rue PoincaréMaison, 17 rue PoincaréMaison, 2 rue de la GendarmerieMaison, 2 rue de la PoterneMaison, 23 rue PoincaréMaison, 4 place de la RépubliqueMaison, 4 rue de la PoterneMaison, 4 rue de la PrévôtéMaison, 5 rue du MarchéMaison, 55 rue RettigMaison, 7, anciennement 11 rue du Maréchal-Joffre
13 more, named only by their kind
13 more are named in the list only by their kind: 13 houses (maisons), most from the 17th century. The 13 with an address are in the list above, by it.
12th c.1
16th c.5
17th c.7
What’s protected
Most of Rouffach’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes19
Religious buildings4
Military & fortified1
Public & civic1
Shops & trade1
Houses & homes: 19 of 27 monuments (70%). 4 are religious buildings, 3 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old
How old Rouffach’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.7
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution17
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
7 of 24 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Enceinte fortifiée (12th & 13th c.). 3 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
12 of Rouffach’s monuments were protected in 1929
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1929 · 12
1840186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1841: Église Saint-Arbogast, puis Notre-Dame de l'Assomption. 12 were protected in 1929 alone. 2 have been added since 2011.
Age of homes
19% of homes in Rouffach were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
19%
Before 1919
7.8%
1919–45
21%
1946–70
23%
1971–90
17%
1991–2005
12%
2006 on
RouffachMedian compared French town
19% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (23%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Rouffach
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouffach | 4,238 | 27 | 7 | — |
| Issenheim | 3,502 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine | 3,004 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Guebwiller | 11,243 | 15 | 5 | — |
| Buhl | 3,100 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin | 7,012 | 10 | 3 | — |
| Ensisheim | 7,306 | 12 | 1 | — |
In brief
Rouffach in brief
For its size, Rouffach has more historic monuments than 99% of compared French towns. In all there are 27 historic monuments, 7 of them classé, including Ancienne synagogue. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population. Of its homes, 19% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Its classé monuments cluster together: 7 of them stand within 400 m of Ancienne halle au blé. Most entries on the list, 70%, are houses and homes. Of the 24 with a date, 17 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. Beyond that, François-Joseph Lefebvre (1755) was born here before 1900.
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 Rouffach
How many historic monuments are there in Rouffach?
The Culture ministry lists 27 historic monuments in Rouffach: 7 classé and 20 inscrit.
Which monuments in Rouffach are classé?
7, among them Église des Récollets, Tour des Sorcières, Ancien hôtel de ville, Ancienne halle au blé, Ancienne synagogue and Église Saint-Arbogast, puis Notre-Dame de l'Assomption.
How old are the monuments of Rouffach?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Rouffach first protected?
The first in 1841, the latest in 2025.
How old are the homes in Rouffach?
19% 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.