Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,803 in Ardennes, Grand Est.
Vireux-Wallerand has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,495/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Vireux-Wallerand does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vireux-Wallerand 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 no building in Vireux-Wallerand as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Mochain, in Vireux-Molhain, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit and heritage in and near Vireux-Wallerand. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vireux-Wallerand.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Vireux-Wallerand, 82.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below both Ardennes’ towns (83.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles BruneauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 44 | 82%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Vireux-Wallerand is below both Ardennes’ towns (107) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.51/m² a month, close to Ardennes’ towns (€8.19/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,495/m², comes from 61 sales of houses and apartments in Vireux-Wallerand from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,495/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Vireux-Wallerand comes below both Ardennes’ towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 10.6%. Vireux-Wallerand has 450 jobs for 800 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Vireux-Wallerand, that is below both Ardennes’ towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Vireux-Wallerand | Ardennes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 17% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Vireux-Wallerand 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 Vireux-Wallerand yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vireux-Wallerand | 1,803 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Givet | 6,364 | 5.9 | A | A | B | A+ |
| Fumay | 3,086 | 6.4 | C+ | A+ | C− | D |
| Revin | 5,716 | 11 | C | A+ | C+ | C |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse | 4,889 | 16 | C+ | A+ | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vireux-Wallerand has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 13% 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 €1,495/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vireux-Wallerand grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est
Vireux-Wallerand is a commune of 1,803 people in the Communauté de communes Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. 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.