Strong in places, weak in others. Incomes are on the low side: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. At €2,434/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais. Its strongest subject is safety — an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking #52 of 100 in Gironde. That leaves it better than 48% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Val de Virvée 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.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre d'Espessas: Photo: Manuel Lasnier · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val de Virvée.
Safety
Val de Virvée sees less crime per resident than 90% of compared French towns
2.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
For 2025, the figures show 26 offenses in Val de Virvée. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage18
Burglary8
Armed robbery0
Fraud24
Theft without violence5
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
2.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 16.6% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Children make up 20% of Val de Virvée, above Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
41.3median age
The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. 29% of adults hold a degree, lower than Gironde’s towns (34%) and near compared French towns (30%). Val de Virvée has a median age of 41.3.
Val de VirvéeGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Val de Virvée than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 8.6%, lower than both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 4.9% of working residents in Val de Virvée to work at the census. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Val de Virvée didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
450
jobs based in Val de Virvée, 0.2 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Val de Virvée than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.30/m² a month
€2,434/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,434/m²: 103 houses and apartments sold in Val de Virvée between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val de Virvée€2,434/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,429/m²
93
€11.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.53 to €13.39/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Val de Virvée sees fewer deaths than 60% of compared French towns
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Val de Virvée. The nearest emergency department to Val de Virvée is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 10.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 207 residents of Val de Virvée died, against 245 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. In Gironde, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Val de Virvée · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
10.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Val de Virvée keeps more of its old housing than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Val de Virvée has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Val de Virvée is a commune of 3,793 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais. 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
3,793 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais
Département
Gironde (33)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
8 sq mi (20.8 km²)
INSEE code
33018
Val de Virvée’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val de Virvée
Is Val de Virvée safe?
It grades A for safety, #6 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Val de Virvée good?
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #70 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Val de Virvée expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,434/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Val de Virvée grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
