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A town of 1,280 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Grugies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Grugies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Grugies 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Grugies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel Joly de Bammeville, in Saint-Quentin, 2.3 mi away.
1.7% 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 Grugies.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Grugies sits above both Aisne’s towns (110) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 85 residents of Grugies died, against 71 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Grugies is 93.1%, above Aisne’s towns (90.1%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 82 | 68%−11 pts |
| Lycée Henri MartinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 240 | 91%−4 pts |
| Collège Marthe LefèvreBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 73 | 90%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Grugies below both Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 12.5% of the labour force are out of work. Grugies has 100 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Grugies is below both Aisne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 21% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Grugies | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
That is the middle of 53 sales of houses and apartments in Grugies from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,167/m² for the median of compared towns in Aisne.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,486/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Grugies. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Antoine-Lécuyer4.1 km north, in Saint-Quentin
GardenParc d'Isle4.2 km northeast, in Saint-QuentinFortFortPorte des Canonniers3.6 km north, in Saint-QuentinAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Quentin-en-l'Isle3.7 km northeast, in Saint-QuentinMuseumMuseumMusée Motobécane3.7 km northeast, in Saint-QuentinAttractionAttractionLe Buffet de la Gare3.6 km northeast, in Saint-QuentinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Grugies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Grugies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grugies | 1,280 | — | — | B | — | D− |
| Gauchy | 5,183 | 1 | D | B | C | D− |
| Saint-Quentin | 52,813 | 2.6 | D | B | D− | D |
| Ham Somme | 4,378 | 9.6 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Tergnier | 13,045 | 11 | D | A− | D | D |
| Beautor | 2,579 | 11 | C− | A− | C− | D− |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand | 2,890 | 11 | A− | A | A | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Grugies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 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 23% of compared French towns. 91% of 240 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Henri Martin 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.19/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Grugies grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Grugies is a commune of 1,280 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Saint-Quentinois. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.