Val des Vignes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 8% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Val des Vignes 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 Val des Vignes.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Val des Vignes is harder to get around on foot than 98% of compared French towns
7.8% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 2.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 350 jobs are based in Val des Vignes, for 500 working residents (0.7 per worker).
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Val des Vignes, 0.7 per working resident
7.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 2% of compared French towns
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Val des Vignes has fewer young adults than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. Children under 15 make up 18%, above Charente’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents.
48median age
Val des VignesCharente medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Val des Vignes keeps more of its old housing than Charente’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Val des Vignes is Église Saint-Hilaire. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Val des Vignes sees more deaths than 57% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Val des Vignes is Ch Hopitaux Sud Charente, 6.5 mi away. Its care home for older people (82 places) counts its residents as Val des Vignes’; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 249 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 312, 25% more. Life expectancy at birth in Charente is 85.7 years for women and 79 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Val des Vignes · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Hopitaux Sud Charente
10.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Angouleme
85.7 · 79
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val des Vignes
Is Val des Vignes safe?
Val des Vignes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Val des Vignes
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Val des Vignes is a commune of 1,352 people in the Communauté de communes des 4B Sud Charente. 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.
