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GlandonHaute-Vienne

810 people call this town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.

Is Glandon a good place to live?

Glandon isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Over-65s are 29% of the population.

What makes Glandon stand out

The one thing Glandon does most differently from other towns.

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Glandon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Glandon’s story

No historic monuments in Glandon

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

The nearest classé monument is Grange ovale du Breuilh, in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, 2.2 mi away.

Explore the history →

Landmarks

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

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Glandon.

Who lives here

Glandon has fewer young adults than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.1% are 15 to 24

51.5median age

Among adults, 18% have a degree. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Glandon has a median age of 51.5.

GlandonHaute-Vienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Glandon
GlandonHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–247.1%9.2%11%
25–4418%20%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+29%27%22%
No diploma25%17%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education18%30%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Glandon has lower unemployment than Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6%

9%walk, cycle or take transit

Jobs based in Glandon number 250, against 300 residents in work (0.8 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €24,850 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.7% of working residents in Glandon didn’t travel to work at all.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot8%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Glandon, 0.8 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,850
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

Schools

94.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate

96%passed the bac (general and technological)

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

The bac pass rate near Glandon is 96.0%, higher than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Glandon94.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Glandon96.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean-Baptiste DarnetNearest collègeCollègeCollège10894%+3 pts
Lycée Jean-Baptiste DarnetNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée7096%−1 pt
96%
passed the general and technological bac, −1 pt against the expected rate
94.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3 pts against the expected rate
2.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Glandon than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.60/m² a month

€8.60/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 21 homes were sold in Glandon.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Glandon€8.60/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Vienne median€10.01/m²
€8.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.93 to €10.68/m² a month)
€7.15/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Glandon

13pages on Glandon
Nearby attractions

Château de la Brégère and 4 more in and around Glandon

Museums and heritage in and near Glandon. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Glandon

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

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About Glandon

Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Glandon is a commune of 810 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Yrieix. 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
810 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Yrieix
Département
Haute-Vienne (87)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
10.7 sq mi (27.6 km²)
INSEE code
87071

Glandon’s neighbors

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

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Saint-Yrieix-la-PercheNexonThiviersUzercheObjatSaint-Yrieix-la-PercheNexonThiviersUzercheObjatGlandon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Glandon810—————
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche6,8302.7A−ABC
Nexon2,54814—B+—B
Thiviers Dordogne2,87615AAB+C
Uzerche Corrèze2,81417A−ADB
Objat Corrèze3,72117A−A−AB−

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

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 November 4, 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.