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Marcillac-LanvilleCharente

In Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 521 residents.

Is Marcillac-Lanville a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Marcillac-Lanville has none. Second homes make up 11% of its housing. Over-65s are 30% of the population.

What makes Marcillac-Lanville stand out

The 2 things Marcillac-Lanville does most differently from other towns.

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Ancien prieuré de Lanville
Ancien prieuré de Lanville · Classé · Photo: rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marcillac-Lanville’s story

Marcillac-Lanville in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Marcillac-Lanville: 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 1942.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1942First protected: Ancien prieuré de Lanville
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marcillac-Lanville.

Who lives here

Few people in Marcillac-Lanville are 15 to 24: 7.1%, fewer than in Charente’s towns and compared French towns

30% of residents are 65 or over, close to Charente’s towns (28%) and above compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 12% of residents. Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults.

53median age
Marcillac-LanvilleCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Marcillac-Lanville
Marcillac-LanvilleCharente medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–247.1%9.6%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+30%28%22%
No diploma20%22%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education21%25%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Marcillac-Lanville: 39% were built before 1919, more than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in Marcillac-Lanville is Ancien prieuré de Lanville. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1942
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Marcillac-Lanville walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 5.6%

For its 200 residents in work, Marcillac-Lanville has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. At the census, 12.6% of working residents in Marcillac-Lanville didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income was €25,480 a year per consumption unit, close to both Charente’s towns (€24,645) and compared French towns (€25,970).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Marcillac-Lanville, 0.3 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Marcillac-Lanville is €11.04/m² a month

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

The market in Marcillac-Lanville: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €6.88/m² a month.

€11.04/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Marcillac-Lanville€11.04/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.51 to €14.31/m² a month)
€6.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Prieuré Notre-Dame de Lanville and 2 more in and around Marcillac-Lanville

Heritage and museums in and near Marcillac-Lanville. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Marcillac-Lanville

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Landmarks

Marcillac-Lanville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Ancien prieuré de Lanville: Photo: rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Marcillac-Lanville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Marcillac-Lanville yet.

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Marcillac-Lanville’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 Charente →
RouillacLa BoixeFléacChampniersSaint-Yrieix-sur-CharenteGond-PontouvreRouillacLa BoixeFléacChampniersSaint-Yrieix-sur-CharenteGond-PontouvreMarcillac-Lanville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Marcillac-Lanville521—————
Rouillac2,9195.8BAB−B
La Boixe2,8417.9AA−AC+
Fléac3,86113AA−A+C−
Champniers5,28113B+A−BB
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente7,53913BBC+B+
Gond-Pontouvre5,86214CB+DC−

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

About Marcillac-Lanville

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Marcillac-Lanville is a commune of 521 people in the Communauté de communes du Rouillacais. 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
521 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Rouillacais
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
7.2 sq mi (18.5 km²)
INSEE code
16207

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.