Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on jobs & income as well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Vigeois 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 Vigeois 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 Vigeois.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vigeois than in Corrèze’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.97/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,222/m², below Corrèze’s towns (€1,460/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.15/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 55 homes were sold in Vigeois.
€1,222/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vigeois€1,222/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Corrèze median€1,460/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,222/m²
55
€8.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.21 to €11.16/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.15/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,370
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays d'Uzerche
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Vigeois has fewer young adults than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by 21% of adults, below both Corrèze’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). 31% of residents are 65 or over. One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.
52.9median age
VigeoisCorrèze medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C−
Vigeois’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 315 residents of Vigeois died, against 230 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% more. Adjusted for age and care homes, Vigeois records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above both Corrèze’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Vigeois is Centre hospitalier Coeur de Correze, 14.3 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Vigeois have one GP on hand.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw137
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Vigeois · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Coeur de Correze
14.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Coeur de Correze
85.6 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Corrèze, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Vigeois has lower unemployment than Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4%
The census found 7.8% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €25,190 a year per consumption unit, near both Corrèze’s towns (€24,150) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.5% of working residents in Vigeois didn’t travel to work at all.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Vigeois, 0.7 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vigeois
Is Vigeois safe?
Vigeois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Vigeois expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vigeois grades A for cost of living.
About Vigeois
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vigeois is a commune of 1,300 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Uzerche. 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.
