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294 people call this town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
Virollet isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Just over one in ten homes here are second homes. It skews older: 34% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Virollet does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Virollet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Gémozac, 3.2 mi away.
40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Virollet.
14% are under 15, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. Half the people of Virollet are older than 53.2.
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Virollet | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €24,380 a year per consumption unit, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Per resident in work, Virollet counts 0.6 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Virollet: 7 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.53/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Virollet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Virollet yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Virollet is a commune of 294 people in the Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole. 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 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.