Station thermale : ensemble de villas · Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.09 historic monuments, none of them classé
Vittel has 19 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 94% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. The oldest date from the 16th century. We have photos of 4 of them.
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Monuments of Vittel in pictures
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Station thermale : infrastructure thermaleInscrit
Église du Petit-BanInscrit
Église du Grand-BanInscrit+1See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Where Vittel’s 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. 5 monuments have no point on the map.
9 inscrit monuments in Vittel
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
The oldest dated: Église du Petit-Ban (16th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
Vittel has the 2nd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,700 to 4,800 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 1. 11 of the 41 have none.
Historic monuments in the towns around Vittel
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vittel | 4,780 | 9 | 0 | — |
| Contrexéville | 2,923 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Mirecourt | 4,700 | 7 | 4 | Yes |
| Neufchâteau | 6,732 | 27 | 9 | Yes |
Vittel in brief
For its size, Vittel has more historic monuments than 94% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 9 historic monuments, including Station thermale : ensemble de villas. Only one of the 41 towns nearest its size has more historic monuments.
Of the 8 with a date, 5 come from the 20th century or later. The oldest is Église du Petit-Ban, from the 16th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: most entries are public buildings; Henri Varroy (1826) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1926 and 1990.
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 Vittel
How many historic monuments are there in Vittel?
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Vittel: 9 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the monuments of Vittel?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 16th century.
When were monuments in Vittel first protected?
The first in 1926, the latest in 1990.
How old are the homes in Vittel?
7.1% 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.