Avant-lès-Marcilly (French pronunciation: [avɑ̃ le maʁsiji], literally Avant near Marcilly) is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
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.[3]
The Ru du Gué de l'Éspine rises near the village and flows west to join the Orvin at Soligny-les-Etangs.[3]
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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).
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List of Successive Mayors[4]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1900 | 1904 | Stanislas Banry |
| 1904 | 1908 | Aristide Benoit |
| 1908 | 1919 | Jules Bellemere |
| 1919 | 1935 | Aristide Benoit |
| 1935 | 1941 | Emile Boulanger |
| 1941 | 1965 | Jean Bosuat |
| 1965 | 1971 | Clauzel Collot |
| 1971 | 1977 | Jean-Paul Godier |
| 1977 | 1995 | Bernard Dalle |
| 1995 | 2008 | Jean-Paul Renard |
| 2008 | 2014 | Jean-Louis Marcilly |
| 2014 | 2020 | Chantal Frou |
| 2020 | 2026 | Michel Dalle |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avants or Avantes in French.[5]
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The commune has one site that is registered as an historical monument:
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.[9]
The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
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