Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot — just over a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €1,522/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Vignoux-sur-Barangeon 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.
Each subject compares Vignoux-sur-Barangeon 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 Vignoux-sur-Barangeon.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon has lower unemployment than Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 6.1%
For its 850 residents in work, Vignoux-sur-Barangeon has 350 jobs: 0.4 each. 3.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,250 a year per consumption unit, above Cher’s towns (€24,000) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon, 0.4 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 9% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon costs less than in Cher’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.97/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €7.83/m² a month. That is the middle of 70 sales of houses and apartments in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,298/m² for the median of compared towns in Cher.
€1,522/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon€1,522/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Cher median€1,298/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,522/m²
70
€7.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.32 to €10.07/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vierzon-Sologne-Berry
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon has a higher adjusted death rate than 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon: 99 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 171 residents of Vignoux-sur-Barangeon died, against 172 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. In Cher, life expectancy at birth reaches 84 years for women and 78.4 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. One GP practises here.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Vierzon
6.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Vierzon
84 · 78.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon are 15 to 24: 6.6%, fewer than in Cher’s towns and compared French towns
Under-15s account for 17% of the population. People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, lower than Cher’s towns (29%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 25% of adults.
48.3median age
Vignoux-sur-BarangeonCher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon keeps more of its old housing than Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vignoux-sur-Barangeon
Is Vignoux-sur-Barangeon safe?
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Vignoux-sur-Barangeon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vignoux-sur-Barangeon grades A− for cost of living.
About Vignoux-sur-Barangeon
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon is a commune of 2,026 people in the Communauté de communes Vierzon-Sologne-Berry. 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.
