Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 123 residents, it is a town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Grandval isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 42% of homes. Over-65s are nearly two fifths of the population.
The 2 things Grandval does most differently from other towns.
Grandval has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1969.
68% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grandval.
Under-15s account for just over a tenth of the population. 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 42% of adults.
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Grandval | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Grandval is Église Saint-Pierre. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
9.8% of Grandval’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 5 homes were sold in Grandval.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Grandval has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Grandval yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Grandval is a commune of 123 people in the Communauté de communes Ambert Livradois Forez. 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
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.