Hôtel de ville · Photo: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.010 historic monuments, more per resident than 95% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Rambervillers: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 8 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 13th century. We have photos of 10 of them.
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Rambervillers in 10 photos
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Église Sainte-LibaireClassé
Château épiscopalInscrit
Domaine dit Château des CapucinsInscrit
Manufacture des Grandes OrguesInscrit
Chapelle Saint-AntoineInscrit+5See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Rambervillers has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 5,000 to 5,100 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 2. 10 of the 41 have none.
Where Rambervillers’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
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.
2 classé monuments in Rambervillers
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé8 inscrit monuments in Rambervillers
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritChurches and religious buildings are the largest group in Rambervillers
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Religious buildings: 3 of 10 monuments (30%).
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old Rambervillers’ monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
3 of 9 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Tour d'Anglemein (13th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
2 of Rambervillers’ monuments were protected in 1988
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1900: Hôtel de ville. 2 were protected in 1988 alone. 1 has been added since 2011.
15% of homes in Rambervillers were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
15% 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 (27%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
11 people born in Rambervillers before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Rambervillers Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Historic monuments in the towns around Rambervillers
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rambervillers | 5,018 | 10 | 2 | — |
| Baccarat Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4,089 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Bruyères | 2,923 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Raon-l'Étape | 5,886 | 6 | 3 | Yes |
| Thaon-les-Vosges | 8,547 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Moyenmoutier | 3,134 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Golbey | 8,832 | 0 | 0 | — |
Rambervillers in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Rambervillers: per resident it has more than 95% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 10 historic monuments, 2 of them classé, including Hôtel de ville. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population. Its housing is old: 15% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 5 of 9. The oldest, Tour d'Anglemein, dates from the 13th century. Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (1790), Paul Constant Billot (1796) and Charles Louis Gratia (1815) are among the 11 people born here before 1900.
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 Rambervillers
How many historic monuments are there in Rambervillers?
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Rambervillers: 2 classé and 8 inscrit.
Which monuments in Rambervillers are classé?
2, among them Église Sainte-Libaire and Hôtel de ville.
How old are the monuments of Rambervillers?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
When were monuments in Rambervillers first protected?
The first in 1900, the latest in 2012.
How old are the homes in Rambervillers?
15% 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.