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Vitrac-Saint-VincentCharente

489 people call this town in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.

Is Vitrac-Saint-Vincent a good place to live?

There are no grades for Vitrac-Saint-Vincent: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 14% of homes. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Vitrac-Saint-Vincent stand out

The 2 things Vitrac-Saint-Vincent does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Haut fourneau de Puiraveau (ou Puyravaud)
Haut fourneau de Puiraveau (ou Puyravaud) · Inscrit · Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vitrac-Saint-Vincent’s story

Vitrac-Saint-Vincent in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vitrac-Saint-Vincent, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1994.

43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1994First protected: Haut fourneau de Puiraveau (ou Puyravaud)
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vitrac-Saint-Vincent.

Who lives here

Few people in Vitrac-Saint-Vincent are 15 to 24: 6.1%, fewer than in Charente’s towns and compared French towns

Graduates make up 22% of adults. 14% are under 15, near Charente’s towns (15%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). At 51.8, the median resident of Vitrac-Saint-Vincent sits in the middle of the age range.

51.8median age
Vitrac-Saint-VincentCharente medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vitrac-Saint-Vincent
Vitrac-Saint-VincentCharente medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–246.1%9.6%11%
25–4420%21%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+29%28%22%
No diploma19%22%19%
CAP or BEP38%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%19%18%
Higher education22%25%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Vitrac-Saint-Vincent: 43% were built before 1919, more than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns

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

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vitrac-Saint-Vincent, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
19th c.
oldest protected part
1994
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

More people in Vitrac-Saint-Vincent are out of work than in Charente’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.6%

At the census, 5.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Vitrac-Saint-Vincent counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 200 workers). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,750 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Vitrac-Saint-Vincent, 0.3 per working resident
14.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.5 mi away. Near Vitrac-Saint-Vincent, 93.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, in line with Charente’s towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

89.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Vitrac-Saint-Vincent89.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Vitrac-Saint-Vincent93.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Louis PasteurNearest collègeCollègeCollège7689%±0 pts
Lycée professionnel Pierre André ChabanneNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée9293%±0 pts
93%
passed the vocational bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
2.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Vitrac-Saint-Vincent costs less than in Charente’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.76/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €7.01/m² a month. 17 houses and apartments changed hands in Vitrac-Saint-Vincent from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.76/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vitrac-Saint-Vincent€8.76/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Charente median€10.82/m²
€8.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.95 to €11.04/m² a month)
€7.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Vitrac-Saint-Vincent

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Landmarks

Vitrac-Saint-Vincent has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Haut fourneau de Puiraveau (ou Puyravaud): Photo: Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Vitrac-Saint-Vincent

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vitrac-Saint-Vincent yet.

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Vitrac-Saint-Vincent’s neighbors

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

All towns in Charente →
Chasseneuil-sur-BonnieureLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisTerres-de-Haute-CharenteBrieChampniersRuelle-sur-TouvreChasseneuil-sur-BonnieureLa Rochefoucauld-en-AngoumoisTerres-de-Haute-CharenteBrieChampniersRuelle-sur-TouvreVitrac-Saint-Vincent
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vitrac-Saint-Vincent489—————
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure3,1112.8BA−C+C
La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois4,0256.7B+BB−A+
Terres-de-Haute-Charente3,7777.2B−AB+D
Brie4,12512A+A−A+B−
Champniers5,28115B+A−BB
Ruelle-sur-Touvre7,40815C+B+B−C+

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

About Vitrac-Saint-Vincent

Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Vitrac-Saint-Vincent is a commune of 489 people in the Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine. 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
489 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine
Département
Charente (16)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8.6 sq mi (22.3 km²)
INSEE code
16416

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.