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A town of 538 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Vaux-sur-Vienne a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Vaux-sur-Vienne falls below the line for grades.

Église Notre-Dame
Église Notre-Dame · Classé · Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Vaux-sur-Vienne’s story

Vaux-sur-Vienne in pictures

Vaux-sur-Vienne has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1914First protected: Église Notre-Dame
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Landmarks

Vaux-sur-Vienne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vaux-sur-Vienne.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Vaux-sur-Vienne than in Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 20% of adults

49.6median age

27% of residents are 65 or over, above Vienne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share of residents under 15 is 15%. Vaux-sur-Vienne has a median age of 49.6 years.

Vaux-sur-VienneVienne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vaux-sur-Vienne
Vaux-sur-VienneVienne medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–2411%10%11%
25–4418%22%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+27%25%22%
No diploma18%17%19%
CAP or BEP38%27%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education20%32%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Vaux-sur-Vienne: 18% were built before 1919, more than in both Vienne’s towns and compared French towns

1historic monument

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

Among the classé monuments in Vaux-sur-Vienne is Église Notre-Dame.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

1914
first monument protected
18%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Work & commute

Only 4.9% of commuters in Vaux-sur-Vienne go to work without a car, fewer than in both Vienne’s towns and compared French towns

5%walk, cycle or take transit

50 jobs are based in Vaux-sur-Vienne, for 200 working residents (0.2 per worker). No commute at all: 2.2% of working residents locally at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 9.4%.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Vaux-sur-Vienne, 0.2 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,110
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

82.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 6.8 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.2 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Vaux-sur-Vienne82.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège BellevueNearest collègeCollègeCollège7482%−3 pts
82.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
2.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Vaux-sur-Vienne costs less than in both Vienne’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.56/m² a month

€8.56/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 18 homes in Vaux-sur-Vienne.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vaux-sur-Vienne€8.56/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Vienne median€10.33/m²
€8.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.95 to €10.53/m² a month)
€7.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Vaux-sur-Vienne

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Famous people from Vaux-sur-Vienne

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vaux-sur-Vienne yet.

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About Vaux-sur-Vienne

Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Vaux-sur-Vienne is a commune of 538 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Châtellerault. 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
538 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Grand Châtellerault
Département
Vienne (86)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
2.7 sq mi (6.9 km²)
INSEE code
86279

Vaux-sur-Vienne’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 Vienne →
Dangé-Saint-RomainChâtelleraultThuréDescartesNaintréBeaumont Saint-CyrDangé-Saint-RomainChâtelleraultThuréDescartesNaintréBeaumont Saint-CyrVaux-sur-Vienne
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vaux-sur-Vienne538—————
Dangé-Saint-Romain2,9592.2AAA−A
Châtellerault31,0036.8C+A−C−B
Thuré2,7657.1A−AAA−
Descartes Indre-et-Loire3,3697.6BA+C−B+
Naintré5,96411AA−B+A
Beaumont Saint-Cyr2,90814—A—A−

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

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.