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A town of 235 in Lot, Occitanie.

Is Grézels a good place to live?

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

What makes Grézels stand out

The 2 things Grézels does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de La Coste
Château de La Coste · Classé · Photo: Segala75 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grézels’ story

Grézels in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Grézels: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1961.

52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1961First protected: Château de La Coste
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grézels.

Who lives here

Children make up only 4.6% of Grézels, fewer than in Lot’s towns and across compared French towns

Degrees are held by a third of adults, higher than both Lot’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Just over two in five residents have reached 65. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.2% of residents.

62.1median age
GrézelsLot medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Grézels
GrézelsLot medianFrance median
Under 154.6%11%17%
15–247.2%8.8%11%
25–4412%19%23%
45–6434%25%26%
65+41%35%22%
No diploma16%21%19%
CAP or BEP23%24%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education33%26%30%

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

History

Grézels keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 52% built before 1919

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

Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Grézels is Château de La Coste.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1961
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 Grézels than in Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 4.8%

50 jobs are based in Grézels, for 100 working residents (0.6 per worker). Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €25,480 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Lot’s towns (€24,345).

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving75%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Grézels, 0.6 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
18%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 7 points below the expected rate

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

The closest lycée for the general bac is 9.8 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.1 mi away.

84.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Grézels84.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège d'OltNearest collègeCollègeCollège4384%−7 pts
84.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −7 pts against the expected rate
2.1 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 Grézels than in Lot’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.68/m² a month

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

Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €9.11/m² a month. Grézels recorded 14 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€7.68/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Grézels€7.68/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Lot median€10.36/m²
€7.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.34 to €9.31/m² a month)
€9.11/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 La Coste and 4 more in and around Grézels

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Grézels. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Grézels

13pages on Grézels

Landmarks

Grézels has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de La Coste: Photo: Segala75 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Grézels

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

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Grézels’ neighbors

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

All towns in Lot →
PrayssacMontayralFumelPradinesCahorsPrayssacMontayralFumelPradinesCahorsGrézels
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Grézels235—————
Prayssac2,5193CB−CB+
Montayral Lot-et-Garonne2,6548.6B+AAB−
Fumel Lot-et-Garonne4,6909.4C−AC−C
Pradines3,61712B+B−A+C+
Cahors20,05014C+BC−B−

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

About Grézels

Commune in Lot, Occitanie

Grézels is a commune of 235 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble. 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
235 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble
Département
Lot (46)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.2 sq mi (10.8 km²)
INSEE code
46130

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.