Les Grandes-ChapellesAube
This town in Aube, Grand Est has a population of 401.
Is Les Grandes-Chapelles a good place to live?
Les Grandes-Chapelles has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul · Classé · Photo: Hervé10 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Les Grandes-Chapelles’ story
Les Grandes-Chapelles in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Les Grandes-Chapelles: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
- 1990First protected: Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Grandes-Chapelles.
History
Les Grandes-Chapelles keeps more of its old housing than Aube’s towns or compared French towns: 41% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Les Grandes-Chapelles is Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit0
12th c.
oldest protected part
1990
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 Les Grandes-Chapelles are 15 to 24: 7%, fewer than in Aube’s towns and across compared French towns
20% are under 15, higher than both Aube’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents. At 40.1, the median resident of Les Grandes-Chapelles sits in the middle of the age range.
40.1median age
Ages · share of residents
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Les Grandes-Chapelles | Les Grandes-Chapelles | Aube median | France median |
|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
|---|
| 15–24 | 7% | 11% | 11% |
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| 25–44 | 31% | 22% | 23% |
|---|
| 45–64 | 21% | 24% | 26% |
|---|
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
|---|
| No diploma | 21% | 28% | 19% |
|---|
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 26% | 26% |
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| Baccalauréat | 22% | 16% | 18% |
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| Higher education | 21% | 23% | 30% |
|---|
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Les Grandes-Chapelles has lower unemployment than Aube’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8%
At the census, 4.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Aube’s towns (15.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs located in Les Grandes-Chapelles: 50, for 200 residents in work (0.3 each). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,840 a year.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Les Grandes-Chapelles, 0.3 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Renting in Les Grandes-Chapelles costs less than in Aube’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.16/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 13 homes were sold in Les Grandes-Chapelles.
€8.16/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Les Grandes-Chapelles€8.16/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aube median€10.07/m²
€8.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.23 to €10.70/m² a month)
€9.44/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 Les Grandes-Chapelles
11pages on Les Grandes-Chapelles
Landmarks
Les Grandes-Chapelles has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Photo credits
Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul: Photo: Hervé10 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Les Grandes-Chapelles
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Grandes-Chapelles yet.
How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Les Grandes-Chapelles
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Les Grandes-Chapelles is a commune of 401 people in the Communauté de communes Seine et Aube. 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
- 401 (INSEE, census 2023)
- Intercommunality
- Communauté de communes Seine et Aube
- Département
- Aube (10)
- Région
- Grand Est
- Area
- 8.5 sq mi (22.1 km²)
- INSEE code
- 10166
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 8, 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.
