Schools do well: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. It is strong on safety as well (B+) — an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 11.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes sell for a median €2,150/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Grand Sud Tarn et Garonne. The overall grade comes out at A, #2 of 16 in Tarn-et-Garonne. Set against the rest, it does better than 88% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Grisolles with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Grisolles is lower than in 70% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 88 offenses in Grisolles in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
6.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage30
Family violence19
Burglary13
Sexual violence12
Other physical violence9
Theft from vehicles5
Armed robbery0
Drug use30
Fraud20
Theft without violence17
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
6.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
88
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Old homes shape Grisolles: 18% were built before 1919, more than in both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2017. Grisolles has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
2historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit2
13th c.
oldest protected part
1950
first monument protected
2017
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Grisolles, 8.4%, runs below Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €26,680 a year per consumption unit. Grisolles has 1,150 jobs for 1,900 working residents, 0.6 per worker. At the census, 4.0% of working residents in Grisolles didn’t travel to work at all.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport5%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,150
jobs based in Grisolles, 0.6 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Grisolles are 15 to 24: 9.3%, fewer than in both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
32% of adults hold a degree, higher than Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (24%) and near compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 19% of the population here. Grisolles has a median age of 43.6 years.
43.6median age
GrisollesTarn-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Grisolles’s grade for cost of living: a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,150/m²: 125 houses and apartments sold in Grisolles between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.93/m² a month, close to Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€10.67/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 86% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,150/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Grisolles€2,150/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn-et-Garonne median€1,863/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,190/m²
107
€10.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.98 to €13.30/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.47/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,900
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Grand Sud Tarn et Garonne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Grisolles has a higher adjusted death rate than 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 5 general practitioners in Grisolles. Its care home for older people (76 places) counts its residents as Grisolles’; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 458 residents of Grisolles died, against 431 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. The nearest emergency department to Grisolles is Clinique des Cedres, 11.6 mi away.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Grisolles · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique des Cedres
13.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Croix Saint Michel du Dr Boye Montauban
86.1 · 79.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn-et-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Grisolles
Is Grisolles safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #9 of 16 in Tarn-et-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Grisolles good?
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns and #1 of 11 in Tarn-et-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Grisolles expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,150/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Grisolles grades B− for cost of living.
About Grisolles
Commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie
Grisolles is a commune of 4,214 people in the Communauté de communes Grand Sud Tarn et Garonne. 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
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.
