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Brienne-la-VieilleAube

The town has 378 residents and lies in Aube, Grand Est.

Is Brienne-la-Vieille a good place to live?

Brienne-la-Vieille has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Over-65s are 37% of the population.

What makes Brienne-la-Vieille stand out

The one thing Brienne-la-Vieille does most differently from other towns.

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Église · Classé · Photo: TCY · CC BY-SA 3.0
Brienne-la-Vieille’s story

Brienne-la-Vieille in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Brienne-la-Vieille counts 5 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1907.

11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1916First protected: Croix de carrefour
  • 1982Most recently protected: Tronçons de voies romaines de Langres à Remps et de Troyes …
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Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Brienne-la-Vieille counts 5 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Croix de carrefour: Photo: Hg marigny · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tronçons de voies romaines de Langres à Remps et de Troyes à Naix: Photo: Tangopaso · Public domain · Abbaye de Basse-Fontaine (ancienne): Photo: G.Garitan · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brienne-la-Vieille.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Brienne-la-Vieille: 37% are 65 or over, above Aube’s towns and compared French towns

56.1median age

Degrees are held by 17% of adults, below both Aube’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (30%). One in ten residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of the population.

Brienne-la-VieilleAube medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Brienne-la-Vieille
Brienne-la-VieilleAube medianFrance median
Under 1510%17%17%
15–248.7%11%11%
25–4415%22%23%
45–6429%24%26%
65+37%25%22%
No diploma27%28%19%
CAP or BEP33%26%26%
Baccalauréat16%16%18%
Higher education17%23%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Brienne-la-Vieille: 11% were built before 1919, more than in both Aube’s towns and compared French towns

5historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Brienne-la-Vieille is Croix de carrefour. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. On the Culture ministry’s list, Brienne-la-Vieille counts 5 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 3 of 5.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit2
Level not given1

Among them · Classé

Antiquity
oldest protected part
1907
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Brienne-la-Vieille are out of work than in Aube’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.1%

7%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 6.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Aube’s towns (15.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Brienne-la-Vieille counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 150 workers). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,380 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Brienne-la-Vieille, 0.3 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

87.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 0.7 mi to the nearest one. The nearest general lycée is 12.9 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Brienne-la-Vieille87.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Julien RegnierNearest collègeCollègeCollège8487%+4 pts
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
0.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Brienne-la-Vieille costs less than in both Aube’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €6.91/m² a month

€6.91/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

14 houses and apartments changed hands in Brienne-la-Vieille from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €6.67/m² a month.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Brienne-la-Vieille€6.91/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aube median€10.07/m²
€6.91/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.50 to €8.69/m² a month)
€6.67/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Brienne-la-Vieille

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Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Basse-Fontaine and 5 more in and around Brienne-la-Vieille

Heritage and museums in and near Brienne-la-Vieille. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Brienne-la-Vieille

Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Brienne-la-Vieille as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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About Brienne-la-Vieille

Commune in Aube, Grand Est

Brienne-la-Vieille is a commune of 378 people in the Communauté de communes des Lacs de Champagne. 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
378 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Lacs de Champagne
Département
Aube (10)
Région
Grand Est
Area
6.3 sq mi (16.3 km²)
INSEE code
10063

Brienne-la-Vieille’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Brienne-le-ChâteauBar-sur-AubeBrienne-le-ChâteauBar-sur-AubeBrienne-la-Vieille
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Brienne-la-Vieille378—————
Brienne-le-Château2,6721.1B−A+DD
Bar-sur-Aube4,66513B−A+C−A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, 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.