ClasséArchaeological site · protected 1930Briquetages de la SeillePhoto: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Ske (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Briquetages de la Seille · Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Ske (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · Public domain4historic monuments
History of Marsal · Monuments historiques
4 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
Since 1874, Marsal has had a listed monument. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Marsal, all of them classé, France’s highest heritage protection. We have photos of 3 of them.
Monuments historiques
4
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
0
the second level
Oldest part
Prehistory
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
29%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of Marsal 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 Marsal’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséWithin 400 m of Briquetages de la Seille
4 of 4classé monuments stand within 400 m of Briquetages de la Seille, with 4 of the town’s 4 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
4 monuments by protection
4 Classé
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
4 classé monuments in Marsal
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 2 of the 4 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Classé
ClasséTown walls · protected 1928FortificationsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: inconnu. Versement et modifications ː G.Garitan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Barracks · protected 1990Caserne (ancienne) , dite Caserne PPart of the building is protected
Age of homes
29% of homes in Marsal were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
29%
Before 1919
10%
1919–45
31%
1946–70
20%
1971–90
6.8%
1991–2005
3%
2006 on
MarsalMedian compared French town
29% 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 (31%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Marsal
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsal | 229 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Dieuze | 2,770 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Morhange | 3,308 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Lunéville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 18,262 | 10 | 5 | Yes |
| Dombasle-sur-Meurthe Meurthe-et-Moselle | 9,424 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Seichamps Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5,165 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Varangéville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3,536 | 3 | 2 | — |
In brief
Marsal in brief
Briquetages de la Seille, from prehistory, is the oldest monument in Marsal. In all there are 4 historic monuments, 4 of them classé. Its housing is old: 29% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Briquetages de la Seille sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1874 and 1990.
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 Marsal
How many historic monuments are there in Marsal?
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Marsal: 4 classé and 0 inscrit.
Which monuments in Marsal are classé?
4, among them Briquetages de la Seille, Église Saint-Léger and Caserne (ancienne) , dite Caserne P.
How old are the homes in Marsal?
29% 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) · 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.