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In Aisne, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,011 residents.
Gricourt’s weakest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (D): 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on schools as well: bac results 7.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.1 points above the expected rate. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Gricourt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Gricourt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gricourt with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Gricourt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gricourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Saint-Quentin, 3.4 mi away.
2.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gricourt.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 53 deaths in Gricourt from 2016 to 2025; there were 61, 15% more. Life expectancy at birth in Aisne is 83.2 years for women and 77.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Gricourt is Ch Saint Quentin, 2.1 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Half of residents lived on more than €27,280 a year per consumption unit, above Aisne’s towns (€20,680) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 100 jobs are based in Gricourt, for 500 working residents (0.2 per worker). Also worth knowing: at the census, 2.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Gricourt, 77.5% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. The bac pro: 73% of 222 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gabriel HanotauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 95%+7 pts |
| Lycée CondorcetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 238 | 90%−4 pts |
| Collège MontaigneBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 80 | 65%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 15% of the town, lower than both Aisne’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 10% of residents. Under 15: 19% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Gricourt | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Gricourt from July 2023 to June 2026: 18 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gricourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Gricourt.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gricourt | 1,011 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Saint-Quentin | 52,813 | 3.3 | D | B | D− | D |
| Gauchy | 5,183 | 4.6 | D | B | C | D− |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand | 2,890 | 8.8 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois | 5,605 | 12 | C+ | A+ | D | D− |
| Ham Somme | 4,378 | 12 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Péronne Somme | 7,090 | 14 | D | B+ | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gricourt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns. 90% of 238 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Condorcet in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Gricourt is a commune of 1,011 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays du Vermandois. 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
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.