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GrenoisNièvre

Population 93: a town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Grenois a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Grenois has none. 46% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: 53% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Grenois stand out

The 2 things Grenois does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Grenois

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Hilaire, in Challement, 2.9 mi away.

54% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grenois.

Who lives here

Grenois has fewer young adults than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4% are 15 to 24

One measure of family life: 6.5% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up 53% of the town, above Nièvre’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults.

66.3median age
GrenoisNièvre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma36%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Grenois
GrenoisNièvre medianFrance median
Under 156.5%14%17%
15–245.4%8.7%11%
25–4417%19%23%
45–6418%26%26%
65+53%32%22%
No diploma36%28%19%
CAP or BEP19%31%26%
Baccalauréat13%17%18%
Higher education19%19%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 4.2% of commuters in Grenois go to work without a car, fewer than in Nièvre’s towns and across compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 15.4%, higher than both Nièvre’s towns (14.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 12.5% of working residents in Grenois didn’t travel to work at all.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Grenois, 0.5 per working resident
15.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
13%
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 Grenois than in Nièvre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.41/m² a month

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

Grenois recorded 11 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€7.41/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Grenois€7.41/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Nièvre median€9.08/m²
€7.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.93 to €9.25/m² a month)
€6.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Église Saint-Hilaire de Challement and 2 more in and around Grenois

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Grenois. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Grenois

12pages on Grenois

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Grenois

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

How we find them →

Grenois’ 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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ClamecyClamecyGrenois
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Grenois93—————
Clamecy3,5449.5CA+D−C−

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

About Grenois

Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Grenois is a commune of 93 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
93 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Tannay-Brinon-Corbigny
Département
Nièvre (58)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
5.6 sq mi (14.5 km²)
INSEE code
58130

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.