Vire Normandie’s weakest is schools: bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 7.6 points below the expected rate. Safety lags: an average of 13.7 recorded violent incidents and 12.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at B−, #18 of 46 in Calvados. On that grade it does better than nearly half of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health, B− for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Vire Normandie 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vire Normandie.
History
16 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Relative to its size, Vire Normandie keeps 9.2 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments here is Dolmen de la Loge aux Sarrazins. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
Brevet results near Vire Normandie run low: 81.9% passed, below Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 81% of 78 candidates passed the bac pro. By results, schools here place #35 of 50 in Calvados. The bac pass rate near Vire Normandie is 93.5%, close to both Calvados’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
97%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Vire Normandie costs less than in both Calvados’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.56/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,576/m²: 588 houses and apartments sold in Vire Normandie between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 75% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,576/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vire Normandie€1,576/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Calvados median€2,560/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,578/m²
440
Apartments
€1,569/m²
148
€9.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.52 to €12.15/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,920
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Vire Normandie ranks above 71% of compared French towns for crime per resident
The police record for Vire Normandie lists 506 offenses in 2025. With 12,100 jobs for 6,800 working residents, Vire Normandie draws people in from neighbouring communes. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was family violence (2025).
13.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence163
Criminal damage138
Other physical violence68
Sexual violence55
Burglary41
Vehicle theft29
Theft from vehicles12
Theft without violence110
Fraud84
Drug use75
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.
13.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
506
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Who lives here
An older town: 28% of people in Vire Normandie are 65 or over, more than in both Calvados’ towns and compared French towns
14% are under 15, lower than both Calvados’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 20% have a degree. Also worth knowing: the middle age in Vire Normandie is 50.1.
50.1median age
Vire NormandieCalvados medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Calvados median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Vire Normandie has 1.8 jobs for every resident in work
The median disposable income was €24,040 a year per consumption unit, about level with Calvados’ towns (€24,235) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.4% of Vire Normandie’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 4.9% of working residents in Vire Normandie didn’t travel to work at all.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot9%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
12,100
jobs based in Vire Normandie, 1.8 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Vire Normandie sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 92 in Calvados’ towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Calvados is 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,459 deaths in Vire Normandie from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,573, 5% more. The nearest emergency department to Vire Normandie is Centre hospitalier de Vire, 0.2 mi away.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
13
GPs in Vire Normandie · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Vire
16.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Jacques Monod Flers
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Calvados, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Dolmen de la Loge aux Sarrazins: Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruines du donjon: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Porte de l'Horloge: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour aux Raines: Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0
Michel Drucker: Studio Harcourt., Public domain · Damien Éloi: Dominique Stalla, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé: Charles Devrits, Public domain · Octave Gréard: J.-J. Weerts, Public domain · Thierry Gouvenou: Ludovic Péron, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maxime Renault: Bibouche25, CC BY-SA 3.0
Vire Normandie’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vire Normandie
Is Vire Normandie safe?
It grades C for safety, #33 of 46 in Calvados. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 138 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vire Normandie good?
They grade C−, better than 25% of compared French towns and #35 of 50 in Calvados. 97% of 274 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marie Curie in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vire Normandie expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,576/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €1,578/m² (440 sales), apartments €1,569/m² (148 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vire Normandie grades B+ for cost of living.
About Vire Normandie
Commune in Calvados, Normandy
Vire Normandie is a commune of 17,457 people in the Communauté de communes Intercom de la Vire au Noireau. 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
17,457 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
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.
