Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,225 people, lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Viré’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 47% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is walkability — 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,318/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Mâconnais - Tournugeois.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Viré 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 Viré 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.
Viré has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Viré as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Vaux-sous-Targes, in Péronne, 1.6 mi away.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage and other places to visit in and near Viré. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Viré.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Saône-et-Loire, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 193 deaths in Viré from 2016 to 2025; there were 164, 15% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Viré is Ch les Chanaux Macon, 9.2 mi away. There is one general practitioner here.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.4 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 119 | 94%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 30% of adults, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and close to compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 26% of the town. Typical age in Viré: 49.6, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Viré | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 8.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Viré has 400 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.7 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,580 a year.
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 estimated advertised rent is €10.68/m² a month, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Viré from July 2023 to June 2026: 31 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,318/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Viré 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 Viré 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viré | 1,225 | — | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Feillens Ain | 3,411 | 8 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| Tournus | 5,701 | 8.4 | B | A− | D− | B− |
| Cluny | 4,942 | 9.2 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Mâcon | 35,177 | 9.4 | C | B | C− | B |
| Bâgé-Dommartin Ain | 4,050 | 9.7 | A | B+ | A | A |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 8,227 | 9.8 | B | C | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Viré has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Viré grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Viré is a commune of 1,225 people in the Communauté de communes Mâconnais - Tournugeois. 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.