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Home to 373 people, this town lies in Aube, Grand Est.

Is La Motte-Tilly a good place to live?

La Motte-Tilly isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Château de la Motte-Tilly
Château de la Motte-Tilly · Classé · Photo: A.D. · CC BY-SA 3.0
La Motte-Tilly’s story

La Motte-Tilly in pictures

La Motte-Tilly has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1943.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1943First protected: Château de la Motte-Tilly
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Motte-Tilly.

History

La Motte-Tilly keeps more of its old housing than Aube’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919

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

La Motte-Tilly has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Château de la Motte-Tilly. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

16th c.
oldest protected part
1943
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Few people in La Motte-Tilly are 15 to 24: 8.8%, fewer than in Aube’s towns and compared French towns

21% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Aube’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. The median resident of La Motte-Tilly is 48.9 years old.

48.9median age
La Motte-TillyAube medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Motte-Tilly
La Motte-TillyAube medianFrance median
Under 1518%17%17%
15–248.8%11%11%
25–4418%22%23%
45–6432%24%26%
65+23%25%22%
No diploma25%28%19%
CAP or BEP32%26%26%
Baccalauréat17%16%18%
Higher education21%23%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in La Motte-Tilly are out of work than in Aube’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.7%

Jobs located in La Motte-Tilly: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.2 each). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,960 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 9.6% of working residents in La Motte-Tilly to work at the census.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
Public transport10%
On foot2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in La Motte-Tilly, 0.2 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

74.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 9 points below the expected rate

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

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.3 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 3 mi away.

74.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

La Motte-Tilly74.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean JaurèsNearest collègeCollègeCollège14374%−9 pts
74.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −9 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in La Motte-Tilly is €11.70/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €10.32/m² a month. La Motte-Tilly recorded 9 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€11.70/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Motte-Tilly€11.70/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aube median€10.07/m²
€11.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.30 to €14.71/m² a month)
€10.32/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de La Motte-Tilly and 4 more in and around La Motte-Tilly

Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near La Motte-Tilly. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Motte-Tilly

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Landmarks

The list names few of La Motte-Tilly’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Château de la Motte-Tilly: Photo: A.D. · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from La Motte-Tilly

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Motte-Tilly yet.

How we find them →

La Motte-Tilly’s neighbors

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

All towns in Aube →
Nogent-sur-SeineProvinsVillenauxe-la-GrandeRomilly-sur-SeineDonnemarie-DontillyPont-sur-YonneNogent-sur-SeineProvinsVillenauxe-la-GrandeRomilly-sur-SeineDonnemarie-DontillyPont-sur-YonneLa Motte-Tilly
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Motte-Tilly373—————
Nogent-sur-Seine5,5373.1C−B+CC
Provins Seine-et-Marne11,6328.9DCDC
Villenauxe-la-Grande2,6059.6CAC−D−
Romilly-sur-Seine14,95913C−B+DC−
Donnemarie-Dontilly Seine-et-Marne2,70614—B−—C−
Pont-sur-Yonne Yonne3,39117CB+DC−

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

About La Motte-Tilly

Commune in Aube, Grand Est

La Motte-Tilly is a commune of 373 people in the Communauté de communes du Nogentais. 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
373 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Nogentais
Département
Aube (10)
Région
Grand Est
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.7 km²)
INSEE code
10259

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.