ClasséConvent · protected 1913Ancien couvent des Cordeliers (puis palais de justice)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Lithographie d'Engelmann d'après un dessin de Fragonard - Taylor, Nodier, De Cailleux · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Maison des Orphelins, actuellement école · Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.050historic monuments
History of Dole · Monuments historiques
A secteur sauvegardé since 1967, and 50 historic monuments
The Culture ministry lists 50 historic monuments in Dole: 16 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 33 inscrit (the second level). 1 has no protection level on the list. That’s 21 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 96% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 13th century. We have photos of 44 of them.
Monuments historiques
50
21 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
16
the highest protection
Inscrit
33
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Dole in 44 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Couvent des Carmélites de DoleClassé
Caserne Bernard (ancienne)Classé
Pavillon de l'ArquebuseClassé
DemeureClassé
Collège de l'Arc, actuellement musée archéologiqueClassé+39See 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
Dole has had a protected historic area since 1967
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR27-26 | Secteur sauvegardé June 23, 1967 | PSMV (safeguarding plan) December 27, 1993 |
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. A PSMV (plan de sauvegarde et de mise en valeur) is the strictest plan: it covers every building, inside as well as out.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
Map
Where Dole’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritLevel not givenWithin 400 m of Hôtel de Vurry
13 of 16classé monuments stand within 400 m of Hôtel de Vurry, with 36 of the town’s 50 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
50 monuments by protection
16 Classé33 Inscrit1 Level not given
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
16 classé monuments in Dole
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 10 of the 16 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséSchool · protected 1964Collège de l'Arc, actuellement musée archéologiquePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Machin39 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown house · protected 1993Demeure dite hôtel de VurryPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
Classé
ClasséConvent · protected 1997Couvent des Carmélites de DolePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown house · protected 1982Hôtel de Froissard dit aussi hôtel de BalayPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHospital · protected 1928Hôtel-Dieu (ancien)Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1923Tannerie, maison natale de PasteurPhoto: Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséBarracks · protected 1929Caserne Bernard (ancienne)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHospital · protected 1948Hôpital de la Charité et bastion Saint-AndréPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséMonument · protected 1991Maison des Orphelins, actuellement écolePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséMilitary building · protected 1971Pavillon de l'ArquebusePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséResidence · protected 1991Demeure, 1 rue des CommardsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Church · protected 2006Église Saint-Jean-l'ÉvangélistePart of the building is protected
Inscrit
34 inscrit monuments in Dole
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared. 1 of them has no protection level on the list.
All 34, A to Z
Bornes-colonnes de la forêt de ChauxCollège Saint-JérômeCorps de garde, puis octroiCours Saint-MaurisEnceinte urbaineFontaine AttiretFontaine et pontGrand pont sur le DoubsHôpital du Saint-Esprit (ancien)Hôtel de Champagney (ancien)Hôtel de Genève (ancien)Hôtel de Mailly-Château-RenaudHôtel de RyeHôtel de villeHôtel RichardotImmeuble, 1 rue BouzonnetImmeuble, 14 place NationaleImmeuble, 45 rue des ArènesImmeuble, 6 rue du Mont-RolandImmeuble, 7 rue PointelinImmeuble, Grande-Rue 13Loge maçonniqueMaison dite ancien hôtel Luc de Saint-MaurisMaison JorrotMaison, 11 rue du Général-MaletMaison, 25 rue de la Sous-PréfectureMaison, 31 boulevard WilsonMaison, 44 rue de BesançonMaison, Grande-Rue 40monument aux mortsNymphée du parc de SceyPalais GranvellePavillon des Archers (ancien)Pont de la Raie des Moutelles
11 more, named only by their kind
11 more are named in the list only by their kind: 6 buildings (immeubles) and 5 houses (maisons), most from the 18th century. The 11 with an address are in the list above, by it.
15th c.1
16th c.2
17th c.2
18th c.5
20th c.1
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Dole
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes24
Public & civic6
Military & fortified5
Religious buildings4
Bridges & engineering3
Tombs & cemeteries1
Houses & homes: 24 of 50 monuments (48%). 4 are religious buildings, 4 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 7 have no domain on the list.
How old
How old Dole’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.2
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution37
19th century 1801–19005
20th century and later since 19014
2 of 48 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Fontaine et pont (13th c.). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
Dole’s list has grown since 1910
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1910: Église Notre-Dame. 4 were protected in 1948 alone. 3 have been added since 2011.
Age of homes
13% of homes in Dole were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
7.6%
1919–45
30%
1946–70
30%
1971–90
11%
1991–2005
9.3%
2006 on
DoleMedian compared French town
13% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1946 and 1970 than in any other period (30%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
40 people born in Dole before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
Antoine Brun
Jean-Baptiste Girard
Jean Billot
Claude-Quentin La Chiche
Claude-François Attiret
Anatole Amoudru
Claude-Charles Prost
Antoine-François Ève
Claude-François Malet
Antoine-Marie-René de Terrier de Monciel
Claude Pierre Bouvier
Pierre Ignace Bulle
Jacques François Simiot
Léonard Dusillet
Gilbert Bachelu
Simon Bernard
César-Emmanuel-Flavien Henrion de Staal de Magnoncour
Victor Huguenin
Louis Pasteur
Antoine Béthouart
155016001650170017501800185019001950
AB
Antoine Brun1599–1654 · Burgundian diplomat
AF
Antoine-François Ève1747–1814 · French actor, journalist, writer and librettist
CF
Claude-François Malet1754–1812 · French general
GB
Gilbert Bachelu1777–1849 · French politician and officer
SB
Simon Bernard1779–1839 · French army general and Minister of War, who also served in the US Co…
VH
Victor Huguenin1802–1860 · French sculptor
LP
Louis Pasteur1822–1895 · French chemist and microbiologist
AB
Antoine Béthouart1889–1982 · French general
Everyone born in Dole Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Dole has the 3rd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 22,500 to 25,200 residents, by historic monuments.
Dole50
#2 of 41for monuments per resident (21 per 10,000). Most per resident: Laon, Dole and Vichy.
The median town of these has 2. 4 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Dole
In brief
Dole in brief
Dole’s old center has been a secteur sauvegardé, the strictest protection France gives a historic town, since 1967. In all there are 50 historic monuments, 16 of them classé, including Maison des Orphelins, actuellement école. Per resident, it has more historic monuments than 96% of compared French towns. Of its homes, 13% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Its classé monuments cluster together: 13 of them stand within 400 m of Hôtel de Vurry. Tannerie, maison natale de Pasteur is one of the Maisons des Illustres, the homes of people who left their mark on France. Only 2 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments.
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 Dole
How many historic monuments are there in Dole?
The Culture ministry lists 50 historic monuments in Dole: 16 classé and 33 inscrit.
Which monuments in Dole are classé?
16, among them Ancien couvent des Cordeliers (puis palais de justice), Collège de l'Arc, actuellement musée archéologique, Demeure dite hôtel de Vurry, Église Notre-Dame, Hôtel de Vurry and Couvent des Carmélites de Dole.
How old are the monuments of Dole?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
Is Dole a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Dole has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1967.
When were monuments in Dole first protected?
The first in 1910, the latest in 2022.
How old are the homes in Dole?
13% 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.