ClasséMonument · protected 1995Autel de la PatriePhoto: Utilisateur:Kisscool57 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Enceinte · Photo: Aimelaime sur Wikipédia français · Public domain12historic monuments
History of Thionville · Monuments historiques
12 historic monuments, 4 classé
The oldest monuments in Thionville date from the 13th century. Thionville has 2.8 monuments for every 10,000 residents; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 12 of Thionville’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
12
2.8 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
4
the highest protection
Inscrit
8
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
5%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Thionville in 12 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Pont-écluse Sud du Couronné d'YutzClassé
Église Saint-MaximinClassé
Autel de la PatrieClassé
Château dit Le Hof, à GuentrangeInscrit
Beffroi (ancien)Inscrit+7See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Thionville’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.
12 monuments by protection
4 Classé8 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
4 classé monuments in Thionville
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 4 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChurch · protected 1984Église Saint-MaximinPhoto: Aimelaime sur Wikipédia français · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséBridge · protected 1984Pont-écluse Sud du Couronné d'YutzPhoto: Хрюша · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown walls · protected 1984Enceinte, boulevard Robert-SchumanPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Aimelaime sur Wikipédia français · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
8 inscrit monuments in Thionville
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChâteau · protected 1984Château de Volkrange et ses communsPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Aimelaime sur Wikipédia français · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
InscritPublic building · protected 1980Beffroi (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Aimelaime sur Wikipédia français · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown house · protected 1980Hôtel de Raville (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChâteau · protected 1980Château (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Aimelaime sur Wikipédia français · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown house · protected 1980Hôtel d'Eltz (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritConvent · protected 1991Couvent des Clarisses (ancien)Part of the building is protectedPhoto: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChâteau · protected 1992Château dit Le Hof, à GuentrangePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritFortified house · protected 1932Tour aux PucesPhoto: Aimelaime sur Wikipédia français · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Thionville
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes5
Religious buildings2
Military & fortified1
Public & civic1
Tombs & cemeteries1
Bridges & engineering1
Houses & homes: 5 of 12 monuments (42%). 2 are religious buildings, 1 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 Thionville’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.4
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution7
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
4 of 11 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Château de Volkrange et ses communs (13th–18th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
When protected
4 of Thionville’s monuments were protected in 1980
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1932: Tour aux Puces. 4 were protected in 1980 alone. None has been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
26 people born in Thionville before 1900
The 20 best known on the line, and eight of them below.
François-Michel Durand de Distroff
Nicolas Barthel
Jean-Baptiste Robert
Jean-Paul-Louis Collas
François Ignace de Wendel
Jacques Léonard Muller
Antoine Merlin de Thionville
Didier Thirion
Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Merlin
Nicolas Dahlmann
Christophe Antoine Merlin
François Nicolas Auguste Collas
Prosper Joseph Sibuet
Siméon Bourgois
Aimé de Lemud
Claude Lecomte
Charles Abel
Paul Albert
Fernand de Saintignon
Franz Vaterrodt
170017501800185019001950
JL
Jacques Léonard Muller1749–1824 · French general
AM
Antoine Merlin de Thionville1762–1833 · member of several legislative bodies during the era of the French Rev…
ND
Nicolas Dahlmann1769–1807 · French general
CA
Christophe Antoine Merlin1771–1839 · French officer
SB
Siméon Bourgois1815–1887 · French admiral
CL
Claude Lecomte1817–1871 · French military officer
FS
Fernand de Saintignon1846–1921 · French scientist
FV
Franz Vaterrodt1890–1969 · German general
Everyone born in Thionville Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Thionville
In brief
Thionville in brief
Thionville has 12 historic monuments, 4 of them classé. Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 7 of 11. The oldest, Château de Volkrange et ses communs, dates from the 13th century. Of the 26 people born here before 1900, the best known include Jacques Léonard Muller (1749), Antoine Merlin de Thionville (1762) and Nicolas Dahlmann (1769). Beyond that, it has 12 historic monuments, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 9); per resident it sits near the middle of compared French towns; and 5% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Thionville
How many historic monuments are there in Thionville?
The Culture ministry lists 12 historic monuments in Thionville: 4 classé and 8 inscrit.
Which monuments in Thionville are classé?
4, among them Autel de la Patrie, Église Saint-Maximin and Pont-écluse Sud du Couronné d'Yutz.
How old are the monuments of Thionville?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
When were monuments in Thionville first protected?
The first in 1932, the latest in 1995.
How old are the homes in Thionville?
5% 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.