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Home to 1,651 people, this town lies in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools lag: bac results 2.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.7 points above the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Viry-Noureuil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Viry-Noureuil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Viry-Noureuil 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.
Viry-Noureuil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Viry-Noureuil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Montain, in La Fère, 5.8 mi away.
4.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Viry-Noureuil.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Aisne: 83.2 years for women, 77.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 172 residents of Viry-Noureuil died, against 140 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% more. There are 2 general practitioners here.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
48 sales of houses and apartments in Viry-Noureuil, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,208/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,208/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Viry-Noureuil is 89.4%, close to Aisne’s towns (90.1%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.1 mi away. At the general lycée, 95% of 382 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques CartierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 89%+7 pts |
| Lycée Gay-LussacNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 382 | 95%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Saint-Charles PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 101 | 93%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 27% of adults. 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Aisne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up a quarter of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Viry-Noureuil | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stands at 10.6%. At the census, 8.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Viry-Noureuil has 600 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Viry-Noureuil. Best known first.
Nothing in Viry-Noureuil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Viry-Noureuil yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Viry-Noureuil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 12.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,208/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Viry-Noureuil grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Viry-Noureuil is a commune of 1,651 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Chauny-Tergnier-La Fère. 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 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.