Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grives.
Who lives here
Children make up only 5.7% of Grives, fewer than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
27% of residents are 65 or over, below Dordogne’s towns (33%) but above compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 8.6% of residents. Among adults, 29% have a degree.
56.3median age
GrivesDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Grives: 47% were built before 1919, more than in both Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Grives, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Protection here reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Fewer commuters in Grives walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7%
The unemployment rate comes to 12.5%. For its 50 residents in work, Grives has 50 jobs: 0.6 each. No commute at all: 17.3% of working residents in the town at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
On foot4%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Grives, 0.6 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Grives
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Grives is a commune of 106 people in the Communauté de communes Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède. 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
106 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède
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.
