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MarnayVienne

A town of 713 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Marnay a good place to live?

Marnay is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Marnay’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Marnay’s story

No historic monuments in Marnay

The Culture ministry lists no building in Marnay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Château-Larcher, 2 mi away.

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

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marnay.

Who lives here

Marnay has fewer older residents than Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 18% are 65 or over

That puts Marnay below both Vienne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%).

45.4median age
MarnayVienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Marnay
MarnayVienne medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+18%25%22%
No diploma13%17%19%
CAP or BEP28%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education33%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 3.1% of commuters in Marnay go to work without a car, fewer than in Vienne’s towns and compared French towns

On this, Marnay is below both Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Marnay has 100 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.3 per worker.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Marnay, 0.3 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
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 Marnay is €10.48/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.48/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Marnay€10.48/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Vienne median€10.33/m²
€10.48/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.64 to €12.72/m² a month)
€7.69/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 Marnay

12pages on Marnay

Landmarks

Nothing in Marnay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Marnay

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Marnay yet.

How we find them →

Marnay’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 Vienne →
VivonneIteuilSmarvesNouaillé-MaupertuisNieuil-l'EspoirLigugéVivonneIteuilSmarvesNouaillé-MaupertuisNieuil-l'EspoirLigugéMarnay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Marnay713—————
Vivonne4,5504.4BADA
Iteuil2,9896.5A+B+A−B+
Smarves2,9418AA−AA−
Nouaillé-Maupertuis2,9758.3—A−—A−
Nieuil-l'Espoir2,6318.4—A—A−
Ligugé3,4448.7A−B−A−B+

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

About Marnay

Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Marnay is a commune of 713 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallées du Clain. 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
713 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Vallées du Clain
Département
Vienne (86)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
17.5 sq mi (45.3 km²)
INSEE code
86148

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.