Chapel · protected 1965Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-HautPart of the building is protected
Chevalement du puits Sainte-Marie · Photo: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.03historic monuments
History of Ronchamp · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, 2 classé
Ronchamp’s first monument was protected in 1965. The oldest monuments in Ronchamp date from the 20th century.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
20th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
18%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Ronchamp’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.
3 monuments by protection
2 Classé1 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
2 classé monuments in Ronchamp
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 2 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
School · protected 2008Ecole en bois
Inscrit
One inscrit monument in Ronchamp
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritMine · protected 2001Chevalement du puits Sainte-MariePhoto: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Age of homes
18% of homes in Ronchamp were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
18%
Before 1919
16%
1919–45
22%
1946–70
25%
1971–90
9.8%
1991–2005
7.8%
2006 on
RonchampMedian compared French town
18% 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 (25%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Ronchamp
In brief
Ronchamp in brief
More of Ronchamp’s homes are old than in most places: 18% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. In all there are 3 historic monuments, 2 of them classé, including Chevalement du puits Sainte-Marie. Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2020 the Mission Patrimoine picked Ecole en bois as a monument in danger to save.
The oldest is Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut, from the 20th century. The rest is about typical: it has 3 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); Édouard Candlot (1858) and Georges Parcheminey (1888) were born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1965 and 2008.
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 Ronchamp
How many historic monuments are there in Ronchamp?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Ronchamp: 2 classé and 1 inscrit.
Which monuments in Ronchamp are classé?
2, among them Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut and Ecole en bois.
How old are the homes in Ronchamp?
18% 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.