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GrurySaône-et-Loire

Home to 490 people, this town lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Grury a good place to live?

Grury has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 16% of homes here are second homes. 33% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Grury stand out

The 2 things Grury does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Montperroux
Château de Montperroux · Inscrit · Photo: Thierry François Yves, FAIVRE · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grury’s story

Grury in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Grury, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2014.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2014First protected: Château de Montperroux
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grury.

Who lives here

Grury has fewer young adults than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 5.6% are 15 to 24

Under 15: 12% of residents. 14% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up a third of the town.

55.9median age
GrurySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education14%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Grury
GrurySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–245.6%9.5%11%
25–4415%19%23%
45–6435%26%26%
65+33%30%22%
No diploma28%25%19%
CAP or BEP37%31%26%
Baccalauréat17%17%18%
Higher education14%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Grury: 40% were built before 1919, more than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns

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

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Grury, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
2014
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Grury has lower unemployment than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%

Half of residents lived on more than €23,630 a year per consumption unit, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Grury number 100, against 200 residents in work (0.5 per worker). 9.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Grury, 0.5 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
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 Grury than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €6.99/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 22 homes in Grury.

€6.99/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Grury€6.99/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€9.77/m²
€6.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.40 to €9.04/m² a month)
€6.93/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 Grury

11pages on Grury

Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Château de Montperroux: Photo: Thierry François Yves, FAIVRE · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Grury

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

How we find them →

Grury’s neighbors

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

All towns in Saône-et-Loire →
Bourbon-LancyGueugnonDigoinDompierre-sur-BesbreParay-le-MonialSanvignes-les-MinesBourbon-LancyGueugnonDigoinDompierre-sur-BesbreParay-le-MonialSanvignes-les-MinesGrury
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Grury490—————
Bourbon-Lancy4,6747.9A+A+AB
Gueugnon6,5288.4A+A+BB+
Digoin7,35313B+A+CB−
Dompierre-sur-Besbre Allier2,95915A−A+A+B−
Paray-le-Monial9,29118A+A−A−B
Sanvignes-les-Mines4,23518AA+AC+

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

About Grury

Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Grury is a commune of 490 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme. 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
490 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
17.8 sq mi (46 km²)
INSEE code
71227

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.