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A town of 312 in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Gréalou a good place to live?

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

What makes Gréalou stand out

The 2 things Gréalou does most differently from other towns.

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Église · Inscrit · Photo: HB · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gréalou’s story

Gréalou in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Gréalou: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1959.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1978First protected: Deux dolmens
  • 2011Most recently protected: Site archéologique du dolmen de Ganil
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gréalou.

Who lives here

Gréalou has fewer young adults than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24

Those 65 and older account for 29% of residents. Typical age in Gréalou: 49.5, the median. Degrees are held by 28% of adults, between Lot’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%).

49.5median age
GréalouLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Gréalou
GréalouLot medianFrance median
Under 1515%11%17%
15–247.7%8.8%11%
25–4421%19%23%
45–6427%25%26%
65+29%35%22%
No diploma14%21%19%
CAP or BEP30%24%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education28%26%30%

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

History

Gréalou keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919

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

The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Gréalou is Deux dolmens. Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 3 of 4. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit3

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1959
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Gréalou than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 5.0%

Jobs located in Gréalou: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.4 each). Unemployment stood at 7.0%, lower than both Lot’s towns (12.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,200 a year.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Gréalou, 0.4 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Gréalou than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.77/m² a month

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

Gréalou recorded 5 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.19/m² a month.

€8.77/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Gréalou€8.77/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€8.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.66 to €11.53/m² a month)
€7.19/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 Gréalou

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Gréalou: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Deux dolmens: Photo: Weirwolf · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Gréalou

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

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Gréalou’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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FigeacCapdenac-GareVillefranche-de-RouergueFigeacCapdenac-GareVillefranche-de-RouergueGréalou
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Gréalou312—————
Figeac9,7938.8C+B−DC+
Capdenac-Gare Aveyron4,4409.9AAC+B
Villefranche-de-Rouergue Aveyron11,27115B+A−CB

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

About Gréalou

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Gréalou is a commune of 312 people in the Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac. 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
312 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
6.8 sq mi (17.5 km²)
INSEE code
46129

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.