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A town of 1,690 in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Grillon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment. At the median price of €2,547/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 7 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Grillon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Grillon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Grillon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
15% 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 Grillon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Grillon is above both Vaucluse’s towns (83.5%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Jean le Baptiste PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 93%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Grillon comes above both Vaucluse’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Grillon | Vaucluse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Grillon, that is above both Vaucluse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Grillon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Grillon sits below both Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 8.9%.
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.
That puts Grillon below both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,547/m², comes from 58 sales of houses and apartments in Grillon from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,630/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 167 residents of Grillon died, against 191 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Grillon. Best known first.
Grillon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Village dit le Vialle (ancien): Photo: Claude jullien · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Grillon as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grillon | 1,690 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Valréas | 9,224 | 3 | C− | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Drôme | 8,981 | 8.7 | B+ | C+ | B− | B |
| Nyons Drôme | 6,816 | 10 | C− | C− | C | B− |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes | 2,656 | 10 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Dieulefit Drôme | 3,289 | 11 | B− | C | A | C+ |
| Donzère Drôme | 6,008 | 11 | D | B+ | C | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Grillon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 10.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,547/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Grillon grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Grillon is a commune of 1,690 people in the Communauté de communes Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 October 30, 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.