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59 people call this town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.

Population

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€7.41

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Vignol a good place to live?

There are no grades for Vignol: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Just over a third of its homes are second homes.

What makes Vignol stand out

The one thing Vignol does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

34% are second homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Vignol’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.

Vignol’s story

1 historic monument, none of them classé

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Vignol; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1996.

73% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Louis Nicolas Parent de Chassy, born in 1729, is the one person born in Vignol before 1900 that Wikidata records.

1996First protected: Eolienne et lavoir

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vignol.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Vignol than in Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 6.6% are under 15

People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, between Nièvre’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 18% of adults. Typical age in Vignol: 59.5, the median.

59.5median age

VignolNièvre medianFrance median

Nièvre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

26%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%

CAP or BEP32%

Baccalauréat26%

Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

41% women, 59% men

About 69 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vignol
	Vignol	Nièvre median	France median
Under 15	6.6%	14%	17%
15–24	6.6%	8.7%	11%
25–44	21%	19%	23%
45–64	39%	26%	26%
65+	26%	32%	22%
No diploma	14%	28%	19%
CAP or BEP	32%	31%	26%
Baccalauréat	26%	17%	18%
Higher education	18%	19%	30%

Full pageVignol’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages59.5 median age · 26% are 65 or over Households40 households · 1.6 people per household Born abroad4.9% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Vignol?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Vignol keeps more of its old housing than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 73% built before 1919

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

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Vignol; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 20th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0

Inscrit1

20th c.

oldest protected part

1996

first monument protected

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Age of homes73% built before 1919 · Older homes Map1 historic monument Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Vignol?”

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Vignol than in Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 3.7%

12.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Nièvre’s towns (14.2%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%).

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving96%

On foot4%

Public transport0%

Bicycle0%

Motorbike or scooter0%

jobs based in Vignol, 0.6 per working resident

12.9%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here0.6 per working resident

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

Housing

Renting in Vignol costs less than in Nièvre’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.41/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 6 homes were sold in Vignol.

€7.41/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vignol€7.41/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Nièvre median€9.08/m²

€7.41/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.93 to €9.25/m² a month)

€6.71/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageVignol’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€7.41/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Vignol

12pages on Vignol

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 9.9 mi away Work & commute0 jobs based here Housing6 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 59.5 History1 historic monument Town HallFamous peopleOne notable person born here

Landmarks

Vignol has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Inscrit

Eolienne et lavoirEngineering work · 20th c.

Classé

Église Saint-LégerChurch · 14th & 16th c. · in Tannay, 3.7 mi

Classé

Église Saint-HilaireChurch · 16th c. · in Challement, 5 mi

Classé

Ancienne abbaye bénédictine Saint-LéonardAbbey · 18th c. · in Corbigny, 7 mi

Famous people from Vignol

One notable person was born in Vignol.

Their page →

Louis Nicolas Parent de ChassyFrench politician · 1729–1794

Vignol’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 Nièvre →

ClamecyAvallonVignol

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Vignol	59	—	—	—	—	—
Clamecy	3,544	9.7	C	A⁺	D⁻	C⁻
Avallon Yonne	6,305	14	B⁻	A⁻	D⁻	C

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

About Vignol

Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Vignol is a commune of 59 people in the Communauté de communes Tannay-Brinon-Corbigny. 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: 59 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Tannay-Brinon-Corbigny
Département: Nièvre (58)
Région: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area: 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km²)
INSEE code: 58308

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 October 30, 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.