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DirolNièvre

This town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 104.

Is Dirol a good place to live?

Dirol has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 25% of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 36% of the population.

What makes Dirol stand out

The 2 things Dirol does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dirol’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Dirol’s story

No historic monuments in Dirol

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Hilaire, in Challement, 3.1 mi away.

42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dirol.

Who lives here

Few people in Dirol are 15 to 24: 4.7%, fewer than in Nièvre’s towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 36% of the town, above both Nièvre’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 8.5% of the population here. Ages in Dirol split evenly at 60: half are older, half younger.

60median age
DirolNièvre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma29%
CAP or BEP41%
Baccalauréat7%
Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Dirol
DirolNièvre medianFrance median
Under 158.5%14%17%
15–244.7%8.7%11%
25–4413%19%23%
45–6438%26%26%
65+36%32%22%
No diploma29%28%19%
CAP or BEP41%31%26%
Baccalauréat7.2%17%18%
Higher education15%19%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Dirol are out of work than in Nièvre’s towns or across compared French towns: 9.5%

The median disposable income was €25,100 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Nièvre’s towns (€23,120). Per resident in work, Dirol counts 0.9 jobs (50 jobs, 50 workers). One in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
50
jobs based in Dirol, 0.9 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Dirol costs less than in Nièvre’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.11/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €6.71/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 3 homes were sold in Dirol.

€8.11/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Dirol€8.11/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Nièvre median€9.08/m²
€8.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.49 to €10.13/m² a month)
€6.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Réconfort de Saizy and 2 more in and around Dirol

Heritage in and near Dirol. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Dirol

12pages on Dirol

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Dirol

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

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Dirol’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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ClamecyAvallonClamecyAvallonDirol
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Dirol104—————
Clamecy3,54412CA+D−C−
Avallon Yonne6,30517B−A−D−C

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

About Dirol

Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Dirol is a commune of 104 people in the Communauté de communes Tannay-Brinon-Corbigny. 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
104 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Tannay-Brinon-Corbigny
Département
Nièvre (58)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.7 sq mi (9.6 km²)
INSEE code
58098

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.