Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Households here earn well: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 5.0% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,510/m² takes 4.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Val de Garonne Agglomération. Getting around depends on the car: 32% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Virazeil 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 Virazeil 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 Virazeil.
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Virazeil’s ages would predict, 68 per 100 expected, under Lot-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 151 residents of Virazeil died, against 222 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% fewer. Women in Lot-et-Garonne live to 85.3 on average and men to 80.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Virazeil is Centre hospitalier de Marmande Chic Marmande Tonneins, 3.1 mi away.
−32%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw68
Adjusted68
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Virazeil · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Marmande Chic Marmande Tonneins
3.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Marmande Chic Marmande Tonneins
85.3 · 80.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lot-et-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
An older town: 33% of people in Virazeil are 65 or over, more than in Lot-et-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 14%, below Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 7.7% of residents. Line up the people of Virazeil by age and the one in the middle is 53.1.
53.1median age
VirazeilLot-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot-et-Garonne 52.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Unemployment in Virazeil, 5.0%, runs below Lot-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,210 a year per consumption unit. 6.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Also worth knowing: at the census, 5.1% of working residents in Virazeil didn’t travel to work at all.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in Virazeil, 1.2 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Virazeil than in Lot-et-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.26/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,510/m², close to Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€1,491/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Virazeil: 41 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,510/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Virazeil€1,510/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lot-et-Garonne median€1,491/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,510/m²
41
€9.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.41 to €11.57/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Val de Garonne Agglomération
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
79.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Virazeil is 97.6%, above Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (95.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest collège is 2.4 mi away.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Virazeil
Is Virazeil safe?
Virazeil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Virazeil good?
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns. 96% of 99 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Notre-Dame de la Compassion in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Virazeil expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Virazeil grades A− for cost of living.
About Virazeil
Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Virazeil is a commune of 1,715 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Val de Garonne Agglomération. 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
1,715 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Val de Garonne Agglomération
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.
