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470 people live in this town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Vievy-le-Rayé a good place to live?

Vievy-le-Rayé isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 13% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Vievy-le-Rayé stand out

The one thing Vievy-le-Rayé does most differently from other towns.

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Église Saint-Pierre
Église Saint-Pierre · Inscrit · Photo: Kelson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vievy-le-Rayé’s story

Vievy-le-Rayé in pictures

Vievy-le-Rayé has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1927First protected: Vestiges de la tour
  • 2022Most recently protected: Église Notre-Dame d’Écoman
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Landmarks

Vievy-le-Rayé has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame d’Écoman: Photo: Antoine Garnier · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vievy-le-Rayé.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Vievy-le-Rayé than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15

50.8median age

26% of residents are 65 or over, between Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.6% of the town. Among adults, 23% have a degree.

Vievy-le-RayéLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vievy-le-Rayé
Vievy-le-RayéLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–249.6%8.9%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6433%27%26%
65+26%30%22%
No diploma18%25%19%
CAP or BEP37%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%16%18%
Higher education23%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Vievy-le-Rayé: 37% were built before 1919, more than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns and across compared French towns

5historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Vievy-le-Rayé is Enceinte protohistorique en terre. The town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit3

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Vievy-le-Rayé, 5.0%, runs below Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns

3%walk, cycle or take transit

For its 250 residents in work, Vievy-le-Rayé has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. At the census, 2.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Loir-et-Cher’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,650 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport2%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Vievy-le-Rayé, 0.3 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vievy-le-Rayé than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.64/m² a month

€8.64/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Vievy-le-Rayé: 18 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vievy-le-Rayé€8.64/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€10.23/m²
€8.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.11 to €10.50/m² a month)
€7.26/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Vievy-le-Rayé

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Famous people from Vievy-le-Rayé

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About Vievy-le-Rayé

Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Vievy-le-Rayé is a commune of 470 people in the Communauté de communes Beauce Val de Loire. 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
470 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Beauce Val de Loire
Département
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
17.4 sq mi (45.1 km²)
INSEE code
41273

Vievy-le-Rayé’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Loir-et-Cher →
Cloyes-les-Trois-RivièresBeauce la RomaineSaint-OuenVendômeChâteaudunMerCloyes-les-Trois-RivièresBeauce la RomaineSaint-OuenVendômeChâteaudunMerVievy-le-Rayé
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vievy-le-Rayé470—————
Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières Eure-et-Loir5,6079.1BAA−B−
Beauce la Romaine3,34111—A+—B−
Saint-Ouen3,04111AA−BA+
Vendôme15,75812B−BC−A−
Châteaudun Eure-et-Loir12,83014B+A−DB
Mer6,25015C−A−DC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.