Country France Department Aube Intercommunality Orvin et de l'Ardusson Area 27.62 km² Arrondissement Nogent-sur-Seine | Region Grand Est Canton Marcilly-le-Hayer Population (2010) 499 Local time Friday 10:06 AM | |
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Avant-lès-Marcilly is a French commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
Contents
- Map of 10400 Avant lC3A8s Marcilly France
- Geography
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Civil heritage
- Religious heritage
- Notable people linked to the commune
- References
Map of 10400 Avant-l%C3%A8s-Marcilly, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avants or Avantes.
Geography
Avant-lès-Marcilly is located some 40 km north-west of Troyes and 32 km south-east of Provins. Access to the commune is by road D54 from Nogent-sur-Seine in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues south-east to Marcilly-le-Hayer. The D52 come from Soligny-les-Étangs in the west and passes through the village continuing to Ferreux-Quincey in the north-east. The D23 branches from the D54 in the south of the commune and goes to Saint-Lupien in the south-east. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Les Ormeaux, Le Mesnil, and Tremblay. There are some forests in the east of the commune but the rest is farmland.
The Ru du Gué de l'Éspine rises near the village and flows west to join the Orvin at Soligny-les-Etangs.
History
The origins of the commune can be dated back to about the time of construction of the church in the 12th and 13th centuries. There are also gravestones with the oldest dating to the 13th century. This fief belonged to Angenoust at the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century and was under Nogent-sur-Seine.
Many older historic remains are still visible in the area such as menhirs (the Marguerite Stone and the Pierre-au-Coq) and dolmens (next to Les Ormeaux).
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 499 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
Civil heritage
The commune has one site that is registered as an historical monument:
Religious heritage
The Church of the Assumption. Avant-lès-Marcilly was a former seat for a priest under the conferment of the Bishop of Troyes. The church is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin. It is sandstone and was started on the western side in the 12th century. The bell tower and the west portal are novel. The Romanesque nave was rebuilt in the 18th century. The eastern part of the church is early gothic.
The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: