French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Avant-lès-Marcilly out for now.
Menhir dit "la Pierre-au-Coq" · Classé · Photo: Jlspote · CC BY-SA 3.0
Avant-lès-Marcilly’s story
Avant-lès-Marcilly in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Avant-lès-Marcilly: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1889First protected: Menhir dit "la Pierre-au-Coq"
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up 19% of Avant-lès-Marcilly, above Aube’s towns and compared French towns
Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents. A fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Aube’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 27% have a degree.
42.7median age
Avant-lès-MarcillyAube medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Avant-lès-Marcilly has lower unemployment than Aube’s towns or compared French towns: 5.0%
Half of residents lived on more than €27,910 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Aube’s towns (€23,470) and compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Avant-lès-Marcilly counts 0.2 jobs (50 jobs, 250 workers). The census found nearly one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Avant-lès-Marcilly, 0.2 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Avant-lès-Marcilly
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Avant-lès-Marcilly is a commune of 509 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Orvin et de l'Ardusson. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
509 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Orvin et de l'Ardusson
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.
