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A town of 348 in Lot, Occitanie.
Vire-sur-Lot isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 25% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 36% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Vire-sur-Lot does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vire-sur-Lot as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Martignac, in Puy-l'Évêque, 3.3 mi away.
25% 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 Vire-sur-Lot.
Children under 15 make up 12%, higher than Lot’s towns (11%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Vire-sur-Lot is 55.9 years old. Graduates make up 29% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
| Vire-sur-Lot | Lot median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 11% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 35% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. For its 150 residents in work, Vire-sur-Lot has 150 jobs: 1.3 each. At the census, 15.5% of working residents in Vire-sur-Lot didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège d'OltNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 43 | 84%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
18 houses and apartments changed hands in Vire-sur-Lot from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Vire-sur-Lot. Best known first.
Nothing in Vire-sur-Lot is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vire-sur-Lot yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Vire-sur-Lot is a commune of 348 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Lot et du Vignoble. 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) · 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.