In Viré, 8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
With a median age of 49.6, Viré is older than 82% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,225 residents in 530 households. In Viré, 5.5% of households have no car. Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, above 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
A +9% change since 2012: faster than 68% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 86% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Viré 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of one-person households than 69% of compared French towns, at 31%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children here.
Viré ranks above 80% of compared French towns on second homes: 5.9%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 7.7% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,580 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,580 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 30%, a lower share than 67% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 61% of compared French towns: 11%. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Viré
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Immigrants: 2.9% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Viré
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 17%, a lower share than 59% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Viré. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 1,225 to 2,582 people, the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Viré and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viré | 49.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 2.9% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 8 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 8.4 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 9.2 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 9.4 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 9.7 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 9.8 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Viré
What is the population of Viré?
1,225 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,119).
How old are Viré’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viré?
36, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viré?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viré?
€28,580 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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