Vic-sur-Cère’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Nearly a quarter of homes here are second homes. The median home sells for €1,194/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Vic-sur-Cère 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.
Each subject compares Vic-sur-Cère 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 Vic-sur-Cère.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Vic-sur-Cère sees more deaths than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 115 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
4 GPs practise in Vic-sur-Cère. Women in Cantal live to 84.4 on average and men to 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 422 residents of Vic-sur-Cère died, against 301 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% more. The nearest emergency department to Vic-sur-Cère is Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac, 9.6 mi away.
+15%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw140
Adjusted115
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Vic-sur-Cère · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
9.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
84.4 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Cantal, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Vic-sur-Cère: 34% are 65 or over, above Cantal’s towns and compared French towns
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, lower than both Cantal’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Aged 15 to 24: 6.8% of residents. The share of residents under 15 is 13%.
53.5median age
Vic-sur-CèreCantal medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Vic-sur-Cère is rich in protected monuments: 47 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Cantal’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Vic-sur-Cère is Maison dite des Princes de Monaco. The town has 9 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 8 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Vic-sur-Cère has lower unemployment than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8%
Vic-sur-Cère holds 800 jobs; 750 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each. No commute at all: 5.4% of working residents locally at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,570 a year per consumption unit, close to Cantal’s towns (€24,340) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot7%
Public transport7%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
800
jobs based in Vic-sur-Cère, 1.1 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,570
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 57% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Vic-sur-Cère has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Over 2025, Vic-sur-Cère logged 12 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 5.6. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
4.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage7
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence18
Fraud6
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.
4.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.7%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 26.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Maison dite des Princes de Monaco: Photo: L Maitrier · CC BY 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: NdFrayssinet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Comblat: Photo: toujours moi · CC BY 3.0 · Château de Lasalle: Photo: NdFrayssinet · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vic-sur-Cère
Is Vic-sur-Cère safe?
Vic-sur-Cère has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Vic-sur-Cère expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vic-sur-Cère grades A for cost of living.
About Vic-sur-Cère
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vic-sur-Cère is a commune of 1,905 people in the Communauté de communes Cère et Goul en Carladès. 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
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.
