Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 551 residents, it is a town in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Chapelle-Viviers has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 14% of its housing.
The one thing Chapelle-Viviers does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chapelle-Viviers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chapelle-Viviers.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 17th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chapelle-Viviers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The under-15s are 21% of the population here. 20% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Vienne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Chapelle-Viviers in two is 41.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Chapelle-Viviers | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
1.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. For its 250 residents in work, Chapelle-Viviers has 100 jobs: 0.5 each. Unemployment stood at 7.2%, lower than both Vienne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
House rents are put at about €6.77/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 17 homes in Chapelle-Viviers.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Chapelle-Viviers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chapelle-Viviers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapelle-Viviers | 551 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Valdivienne | 2,715 | 4.6 | — | A | — | A− |
| Chauvigny | 7,007 | 6.8 | B+ | A | B− | B− |
| Montmorillon | 5,821 | 7.8 | B | A | C | A− |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars | 2,880 | 12 | — | B | — | A |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir | 2,631 | 13 | — | A | — | A− |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis | 2,975 | 15 | — | A− | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chapelle-Viviers is a commune of 551 people in the Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe. 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.