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With 703 residents, it is a town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
There are no grades for Vayres: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 20% of its housing. Homes go for a median €861/m². It skews older: 37% of residents are 65 or over.
The 3 things Vayres does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vayres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château, actuellement musée départemental d'art contemporain et sous-préfecture de Rochechouart, in Rochechouart, 3.7 mi away.
31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vayres.
People 65 and over make up 37% of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 6.5%, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 18% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Vayres | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.4% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.5% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stands at 13.5%. Jobs located in Vayres: 150, for 250 residents in work (0.5 each). At the census, 13.1% of working residents in Vayres didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €6.93/m² a month. Vayres recorded 54 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €861/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vayres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Vayres.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vayres | 703 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rochechouart | 3,603 | 4.3 | A | A | A | B+ |
| Saint-Junien | 11,415 | 9.4 | A− | A | B− | B |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente Charente | 3,777 | 14 | B− | A | B+ | D |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 2,550 | 15 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Aixe-sur-Vienne | 5,890 | 15 | A− | A | A | C+ |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne | 4,903 | 16 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vayres is a commune of 703 people in the Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin. 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 4, 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.