Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24
With households headed by a retired person at 50%, Grignols is ahead of 97% of compared French towns on that count. 3.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 32. The town has more single-parent households than 86% of compared French towns, at 13%. At the 2023 Census Grignols was home to 667 people in 310 households.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Grignols
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in Grignols, 15% of its 390 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Grignols had 556 residents at the 2012 census and 667 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
15% of homes are second homes, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
26% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.6% moved in within the last two years. On flats, Grignols sits lower than 95% of compared French towns: 5.4%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Here 5.1% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
A growing town: +20% since 2012, faster than 90% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Dordogne town −1%.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Grignols is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Grignols 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Grignols, 26%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 20% in Grignols, less than in 73% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Few places have so few one-person households: 32% here, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,090 a year to live on
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,090 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 86% of compared French towns, at 4.9%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
With households headed by a manual worker at 18%, Grignols is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 70% of compared French towns: 4.4%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 4.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 18% in Grignols, less than in 97% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The figure for married residents is 50% in Grignols and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
In Grignols, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In Grignols, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Grignols
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grignols | 48.5 | 26% | 15% | 4.4% |
| Neuvic 3,687 · 3.7 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Astier 5,376 · 4 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 8.2 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers 7,832 · 9.5 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Mussidan 2,771 · 9.5 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.9% | 5.1% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 9.6 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Grignols
What is the population of Grignols?
667 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (556).
How old are Grignols’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Grignols?
58, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Grignols?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Grignols?
€25,090 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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