Avant-lès-Marcilly
Avant-lès-Marcilly (, literally Avant near Marcilly) is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
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- Locality
- Avant-lès-Marcilly
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 471
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Avant-lès-Marcilly (, literally Avant near Marcilly) is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
==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.