Homes are affordable (A+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 28% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot (D). 11% of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Villegusien-le-Lac 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 Villegusien-le-Lac 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Villegusien-le-Lac, 7.2%, runs below Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Median disposable income is €26,030 a year for each consumption unit. Jobs located in Villegusien-le-Lac: 150, for 450 residents in work (0.4 each). Also worth knowing: at the census, 5.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Marne’s towns (22.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
150
jobs based in Villegusien-le-Lac, 0.4 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 12% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Villegusien-le-Lac has fewer young adults than Haute-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 7% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. 21% of adults hold a degree, above Haute-Marne’s towns (18%) but below compared French towns (30%). Ages in Villegusien-le-Lac split evenly at 52.3: half are older, half younger.
52.3median age
Villegusien-le-LacHaute-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Villegusien-le-Lac run below what its ages would predict: 83 per 100 expected, fewer than in Haute-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Villegusien-le-Lac is Centre hospitalier de Langres, 8.5 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 123 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 102, 17% fewer. At birth, a girl in Haute-Marne can expect 84.1 years and a boy 77.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Villegusien-le-Lac · 1.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Langres
27.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Chaumont
84.1 · 77.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Villegusien-le-Lac: 31% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Marne’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 5, make up the bulk. For its size, Villegusien-le-Lac has 50 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Villegusien-le-Lac
Is Villegusien-le-Lac safe?
Villegusien-le-Lac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Villegusien-le-Lac
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Villegusien-le-Lac is a commune of 1,000 people in the Communauté de communes d'Auberive Vingeanne et Montsaugeonnais. 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
1,000 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes d'Auberive Vingeanne et Montsaugeonnais
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.
