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Saint-Victor-et-MelvieuAveyron

Population 286: a town in Aveyron, Occitanie.

Is Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu a good place to live?

There are no grades for Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 38% of its housing. Over-65s are 36% of the population.

What makes Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu stand out

The 2 things Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église paroissiale  Saint-Victor
Église paroissiale Saint-Victor · Inscrit · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu’s story

Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu; none is classé, France’s top protection.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2025First protected: Église paroissiale Saint-Victor
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Landmarks

Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église paroissiale Saint-Victor: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu.

Who lives here

An older town: 36% of people in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu are 65 or over, more than in both Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns

56.2median age

The share of residents under 15 is 10%. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7% of residents, below both Aveyron’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Also worth knowing: among adults, 19% have a degree.

Saint-Victor-et-MelvieuAveyron medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu
Saint-Victor-et-MelvieuAveyron medianFrance median
Under 1510%14%17%
15–247%8.9%11%
25–4416%21%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+36%30%22%
No diploma16%19%19%
CAP or BEP37%26%26%
Baccalauréat23%20%18%
Higher education19%29%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu: 39% were built before 1919, more than in both Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns

1historic monument

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

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu; none is classé, France’s top protection.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
2025
first monument protected
39%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,530 a year per consumption unit

4%walk, cycle or take transit

4.4% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. 50 jobs are based in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu, for 100 working residents (0.4 per worker). Unemployment stood at 9.5%, between Aveyron’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu, 0.4 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
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 Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu than in Aveyron’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.44/m² a month

€7.44/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 9 homes in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu€7.44/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aveyron median€9.38/m²
€7.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.06 to €9.14/m² a month)
€7.65/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 Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu

12pages on Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu
Nearby attractions

Les débris de Debru and 2 more in and around Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu

Museums in and near Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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About Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu

Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie

Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu is a commune of 286 people in the Communauté de communes de la Muse et des Raspes du Tarn. 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
286 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Muse et des Raspes du Tarn
Département
Aveyron (12)
Région
Occitanie
Area
7 sq mi (18.1 km²)
INSEE code
12251

Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu’s neighbors

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

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Saint-AffriqueMillauSaint-AffriqueMillauSaint-Victor-et-Melvieu
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu286—————
Saint-Affrique7,9417.3AA−B−B+
Millau22,04413A−BB−B+

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

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.