Le Vigen’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment. At the median price of €2,002/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole. The weak point is walkability — 17% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,002/m².
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Le Vigen 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 Le Vigen 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 Le Vigen.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Unemployment in Le Vigen, 5.7%, runs below Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €28,350 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Le Vigen didn’t travel to work at all. 3.0% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 92% drove.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
550
jobs based in Le Vigen, 0.5 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 4% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Le Vigen is a graduates’ town: 40% hold a degree, more than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
18% are under 15, above Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and close to compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. The age that splits Le Vigen in two is 45.5.
45.5median age
Le VigenHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Le Vigen sees fewer deaths than 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 7 general practitioners in Le Vigen. At birth, a girl in Haute-Vienne can expect 84.4 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 152 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 177: 14% below.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Le Vigen · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Francois Chenieux
4.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital de la Mere et de L Enfant
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.70/m² a month, higher than Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €9.36/m² a month. The market in Le Vigen: 64 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€2,002/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Vigen€2,002/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,002/m²
64
€10.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €12.88/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,940
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Vigen
Is Le Vigen safe?
Le Vigen has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Le Vigen expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Vigen grades B− for cost of living.
About Le Vigen
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Vigen is a commune of 2,310 people in the Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole. 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.
