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GroléjacDordogne

In Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 686 residents.

Is Groléjac a good place to live?

Groléjac isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 29% of its housing. 31% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Groléjac stand out

The 2 things Groléjac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Gisement préhistorique moustérien de la Gane
Gisement préhistorique moustérien de la Gane · Classé · Photo: Michel Chanaud · CC BY-SA 4.0
Groléjac’s story

Groléjac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Groléjac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2003.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1927First protected: Gisement préhistorique moustérien de la Gane
  • 1948Most recently protected: Église Saint-Léger
  • 2003The protected historic area is created
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Groléjac.

Who lives here

Groléjac has fewer young adults than Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. Ages in Groléjac split evenly at 51.5: half are older, half younger.

51.5median age
GroléjacDordogne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Groléjac
GroléjacDordogne medianFrance median
Under 1515%13%17%
15–247.6%9%11%
25–4420%18%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+31%33%22%
No diploma20%23%19%
CAP or BEP31%28%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education24%24%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Groléjac: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Groléjac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2003. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in the town is Gisement préhistorique moustérien de la Gane.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected
2003
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
20%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Groléjac walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Dordogne’s towns or compared French towns: 3.9%

Unemployment stands at 12.8%. The median disposable income was €23,170 a year per consumption unit, near Dordogne’s towns (€23,610) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Groléjac counts 0.6 jobs (150 jobs, 250 workers).

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
150
jobs based in Groléjac, 0.6 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Groléjac is €10.63/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €8.58/m² a month. 22 houses and apartments changed hands in Groléjac from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.63/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Groléjac€10.63/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Dordogne median€10.18/m²
€10.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.61 to €13.13/m² a month)
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Caudon and 6 more in and around Groléjac

Heritage, family days out and gardens in and near Groléjac. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Groléjac

12pages on Groléjac

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Groléjac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Léger: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gisement préhistorique moustérien de la Gane: Photo: Michel Chanaud · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Groléjac

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

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Groléjac’s neighbors

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

All towns in Dordogne →
Sarlat-la-CanédaGourdonSouillacSarlat-la-CanédaGourdonSouillacGroléjac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Groléjac686—————
Sarlat-la-Canéda8,7636.4CB−CC
Gourdon Lot4,2066.8B+A−CC+
Souillac Lot3,19210B+ADC+

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

About Groléjac

Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Groléjac is a commune of 686 people in the Communauté de communes de Domme-Villefranche du Périgord. 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
686 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Domme-Villefranche du Périgord
Département
Dordogne (24)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.8 sq mi (12.3 km²)
INSEE code
24207

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.