Context : Magellanic Clouds are of extreme importance to the study of the star formation process in low metallicity environments . Aims : In this paper we report on the discovery of pre-main sequence candidates and young embedded stellar objects in N11 located in the Large Magellanic Cloud to cast light on the star formation scenario . We would like to remind that this comparison is complicated by the presence of a large age dispersion detected in the fields . Methods : Deep archive HST/ACS photometry is used to derive color-magnitude diagrams of the associations in N 11 and of the foreground field population . These data are complemented by archive IR Spitzer data which allow the detection of young embedded stellar objects . The spatial distribution of the pre-main sequence candidates and young embedded stellar objects is compared with literature data observed at different wavelengths , such as H _ { \alpha } and CO maps , and with the distribution of OB and Herbig Ae/Be stars . The degree of clustering is derived using the Minimal Spanning Tree method and the two point correlation function to get insights about the formation process . Results : A large population of pre-main sequence candidates is found in N 11 . Their masses are in the range of 1.3 - 2 M _ { \odot } for ages from 2 to 10 Myr . Young embedded stellar objects having ages of 0.1 - 1 Myr are found to be intermixed with the candidate pre-main sequence stars . The spatial distribution of the stars shows that this region is the product of clustered star formation . No significant difference is found in the clustering degree of young blue main sequence stars and faint pre-main sequence candidates , suggesting that they might be part of the same formation process . Conclusions : The data suggest that the star formation in the region is a long-lasting process where stars from 0.1 to 10 Myr are widely distributed .