28% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than Cantal’s towns (12%) and near compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.

49.8median age

VirarguesCantal medianFrance median

Cantal medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

28%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma30%

CAP or BEP20%

Baccalauréat24%

Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Virargues
	Virargues	Cantal median	France median
Under 15	18%	12%	17%
15–24	6.7%	10%	11%
25–44	16%	20%	23%
45–64	32%	27%	26%
65+	28%	28%	22%
No diploma	30%	20%	19%
CAP or BEP	20%	27%	26%
Baccalauréat	24%	19%	18%
Higher education	20%	26%	30%

Full pageVirargues’ Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages49.8 median age · 28% are 65 or over Households50 households · 2.3 people per household Born abroad0% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Virargues?”

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

History

Old homes shape Virargues: 56% were built before 1919, more than in Cantal’s towns or compared French towns

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

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Virargues: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Restes des habitations préhistoriques des Fraux. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Restes des habitations préhistoriques des Fraux Prehistory

Prehistory

oldest protected part

1924

first monument protected

Full pageVirargues’ history pageOpen the page

Age of homes56% built before 1919 · Older homes Map3 historic monuments Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Virargues?”

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Virargues run lower than in Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: a median €20,230 a year per consumption unit

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.3% of commuters travelled at the census. 6.0% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Cantal’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, a tenth of working residents in Virargues didn’t travel to work at all.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%

On foot6%

Public transport0%

Bicycle0%

Motorbike or scooter0%

jobs based in Virargues, 0.3 per working resident

6.0%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€20,230

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

10%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

Full pageVirargues’ work & commute pageOpen the page

Median income€20,230 a year · Median income per consumption unit Getting to work6% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here0.3 per working resident

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Virargues than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.27/m² a month

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

4 houses and apartments changed hands in Virargues from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.27/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Virargues€8.27/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Cantal median€9.36/m²

€8.27/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.35 to €10.78/m² a month)

€6.90/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageVirargues’ cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€8.27/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Virargues

12pages on Virargues

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 10.8 mi away Work & commute0 jobs based here Housing4 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors100% of the commune is protected nature AttractionsClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 49.8 History3 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Virargues: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →

Classé

Restes des habitations préhistoriques des FrauxArchaeological site · Prehistory

Inscrit

Maison de ChaylusHouse · 16th & 18th c.

Famous people from Virargues

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Virargues yet.

How we find them →

Virargues’ neighbors

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

All towns in Cantal →

Saint-FlourVirargues

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Virargues	116	—	—	—	—	—
Saint-Flour	6,391	11	A⁺	A	B	B⁺

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

About Virargues

Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Virargues is a commune of 116 people in the Communauté de communes Hautes Terres Communauté. 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: 116 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Hautes Terres Communauté
Département: Cantal (15)
Région: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area: 4.3 sq mi (11.1 km²)
INSEE code: 15263

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 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.