Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,797 residents.
Vergongheon’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side (C): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% 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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Vergongheon 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 one thing Vergongheon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vergongheon 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.
Vergongheon 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 Vergongheon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vergongheon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 168 deaths in Vergongheon from 2016 to 2025; there were 223, 33% more. Life expectancy in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women and 80 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises in the town.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.20/m² a month, near Haute-Loire’s towns (€8.91/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €7.17/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,479/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €24,640 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 9.0%, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 2.2% of working residents in Vergongheon didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Vergongheon, 88.0% passed the bac, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). General-bac pupils go 6.3 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 2.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marguerite ThomasNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 91%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel François RabelaisNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 25 | 88%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
15% of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.8%, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Vergongheon | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Vergongheon 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 Vergongheon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vergongheon | 1,797 | — | — | A− | — | D− |
| Sainte-Florine | 3,283 | 2.3 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Brassac-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 3,412 | 3.1 | B | A | B− | C |
| Brioude | 6,527 | 6 | B− | A | D | B |
| Issoire Puy-de-Dôme | 15,115 | 12 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vergongheon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vergongheon grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vergongheon is a commune of 1,797 people in the Communauté de communes Auzon Communauté. 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 8, 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.