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The town has 1,591 residents and lies in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Vœuil-et-Giget’s best grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: 19% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,767/m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. Schools are weaker too: bac results 0.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.6 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Vœuil-et-Giget 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.
The 3 things Vœuil-et-Giget does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vœuil-et-Giget 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.
Vœuil-et-Giget has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vœuil-et-Giget as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Retranchement préhistorique du Camp aux Anglais, in Mouthiers-sur-Boëme, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vœuil-et-Giget.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,870 a year per consumption unit. 3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Charente’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 200 jobs are based in Vœuil-et-Giget, for 700 working residents (0.3 per worker). The jobless rate is 7.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
116 deaths in Vœuil-et-Giget between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 162: 28% below. In Charente, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 79 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Vœuil-et-Giget can choose among 2 GPs.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,767/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Vœuil-et-Giget from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,767/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
28% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 14%, about level with Charente’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by nearly two in five adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Vœuil-et-Giget | Charente median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 78% of 54 candidates passed the bac pro. Near Vœuil-et-Giget, 96.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Charente’s towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest collège is 2.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre BodetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 95 | 86%+1 pt |
| Lycée Charles Augustin CoulombNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 284 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Vœuil-et-Giget. Best known first.
Nothing in Vœuil-et-Giget 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 Vœuil-et-Giget yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vœuil-et-Giget | 1,591 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| La Couronne | 7,765 | 2.6 | C | B | D | C+ |
| Angoulême | 41,908 | 3.4 | C+ | B | D− | B+ |
| Soyaux | 10,087 | 3.6 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Michel | 3,196 | 3.7 | B | B | C | B |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac | 5,682 | 4.9 | A− | B | B | A− |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe | 4,357 | 5.2 | B+ | B+ | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vœuil-et-Giget has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 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.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns. 98% of 284 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Charles Augustin Coulomb in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,767/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vœuil-et-Giget grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vœuil-et-Giget is a commune of 1,591 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Angoulême. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.