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536 people call this town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie home.
Vingrau has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 17% of homes. The median home sells for €1,288/m². Over-65s are 28% of the population.
The 3 things Vingrau does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vingrau as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grotte de la Caune de l'Arago, in Tautavel, 1.5 mi away.
22% 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 Vingrau.
13% are under 15, below both Pyrénées-Orientales’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults. Vingrau has a median age of 53.2 years.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Vingrau | Pyrénées-Orientales median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.2% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Orientales median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of those in the labour force, 13.4% are unemployed. Per resident in work, Vingrau counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 200 workers). At the census, 8.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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.
The market in Vingrau: 34 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,281/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Vingrau. Best known first.
Nothing in Vingrau 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 Vingrau yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vingrau | 536 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Espira-de-l'Agly | 3,524 | 5.6 | D | C | C+ | C− |
| Baixas | 2,777 | 6.9 | B+ | C+ | B+ | C+ |
| Salses-le-Château | 3,965 | 6.9 | D− | C | C | C− |
| Rivesaltes | 9,270 | 7.2 | D | C | D | C |
| Pia | 11,615 | 9.8 | D | C− | C− | C− |
| Saint-Estève | 11,630 | 10 | B | C− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Vingrau is a commune of 536 people in the Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. 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.