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GranèsAude

A town of 118 in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Granès a good place to live?

Granès is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Granès stand out

The 2 things Granès does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Granès’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Granès’ story

No historic monuments in Granès

The Culture ministry lists no building in Granès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Espéraza, 2.8 mi away.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Granès.

Who lives here

Few people in Granès are 15 to 24: 3.4%, fewer than in Aude’s towns and compared French towns

A third of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Aude’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 14% of residents. Graduates make up 21% of adults.

57median age
GranèsAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Granès
GranèsAude medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–243.4%8.9%11%
25–4412%19%23%
45–6438%27%26%
65+33%29%22%
No diploma19%21%19%
CAP or BEP30%27%26%
Baccalauréat24%20%18%
Higher education21%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Granès has higher unemployment than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 19.1%

2.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
Bicycle3%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Granès, 0.6 per working resident
19.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
15%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

78.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 8 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 10.7 mi away. The nearest collège is 3 mi away.

78.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Granès78.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean Baptiste BieulesNearest collègeCollègeCollège6578%−8 pts
78.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −8 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Granès costs less than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.98/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

6 houses and apartments changed hands in Granès from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €6.88/m² a month.

€8.98/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Granès€8.98/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€8.98/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.37 to €10.94/m² a month)
€6.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Rennes-le-Château and 4 more in and around Granès

Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Granès. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Granès

13pages on Granès

Landmarks

Nothing in Granès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Granès

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Granès yet.

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Granès’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Aude →
QuillanLimouxQuillanLimouxGranès
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Granès118—————
Quillan2,9783.7BA−B−C
Limoux10,53211CB+C−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Granès

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Granès is a commune of 118 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises. 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

Population
118 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.6 km²)
INSEE code
11168

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.