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A town in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 787 people.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Le Vigean out for now. Second homes make up 16% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 28% of residents.
The 2 things Le Vigean does most differently from other towns.
Le Vigean has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1968.
21% 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 Le Vigean.
Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, below Cantal’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Children under 15 make up 13% of residents. Ages in Le Vigean split evenly at 53.5: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Le Vigean | Cantal median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Le Vigean has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 5.7%, below both Cantal’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Le Vigean has 200 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 6.5% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Le Vigean, 99.0% passed the bac, above both Cantal’s towns (94.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du MéridienNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 56 | 95%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalentNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 72 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Le Vigean from July 2023 to June 2026: 21 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Le Vigean. Best known first.
MuseumMonastère Saint-Pierre de Mauriac2.1 km southwest, in MauriacChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montbrun4.9 km east, in MéalletMuseumMuseumMusée municipal2.1 km southwest, in MauriacPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Le Vigean has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Laurent: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Le Vigean as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Vigean is a commune of 787 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mauriac. 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) · 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.