Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 223: a town in Aube, Grand Est.
There are no grades for Lignières: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 25% of its homes are second homes. Just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Lignières does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Lignières counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lignières.
Degrees are held by 16% of adults, below both Aube’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 34% of residents. Line up the people of Lignières by age and the one in the middle is 48.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Lignières | Aube median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Lignières is Église (ancienne).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The unemployment rate comes to 11.1%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,720 a year per consumption unit, between Aube’s towns (€23,470) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.5% of working residents in Lignières didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Lignières from July 2023 to June 2026: 8 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Lignières has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église (ancienne): Photo: Hg marigny · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lignières yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignières | 223 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tonnerre Yonne | 4,261 | 6.3 | B− | A− | D− | C+ |
| Saint-Florentin Yonne | 4,164 | 12 | B− | A+ | D | C |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon Yonne | 3,032 | 16 | B− | A+ | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Lignières is a commune of 223 people in the Communauté de communes du Chaourçois et du Val d'Armance. 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
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 October 30, 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.