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A town of 97 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Vireaux a good place to live?

Vireaux is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Vireaux stand out

The one thing Vireaux does most differently from other towns.

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Vireaux’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Vireaux’s story

No historic monuments in Vireaux

The Culture ministry lists no building in Vireaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Didier et Saint-Leu, in Argenteuil-sur-Armançon, 3.4 mi away.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vireaux.

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Vireaux, fewer than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 28% of residents are 65 or over. Graduates make up 14% of adults.

52.3median age
VireauxYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP42%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education14%

Women and men · all residents

36% women, 64% men

About 55 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vireaux
VireauxYonne medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–249.2%10%11%
25–4415%20%23%
45–6436%25%26%
65+28%28%22%
No diploma21%26%19%
CAP or BEP42%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%16%18%
Higher education14%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Vireaux are out of work than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 2.6%

At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Vireaux didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Vireaux, 0.2 per working resident
2.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Vireaux costs less than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.00/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 3 homes were sold in Vireaux.

€9.00/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vireaux€9.00/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€9.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.06 to €11.46/m² a month)
€7.16/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 Vireaux

11pages on Vireaux

Landmarks

Nothing in Vireaux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Vireaux

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Vireaux as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Vireaux’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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TonnerreMontbardTonnerreMontbardVireaux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vireaux97—————
Tonnerre4,2616.1B−A−D−C+
Montbard Côte-d'Or4,63917BA−C+A−

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

About Vireaux

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Vireaux is a commune of 97 people in the Communauté de communes Le Tonnerrois en Bourgogne. 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
97 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Le Tonnerrois en Bourgogne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
5.7 sq mi (14.7 km²)
INSEE code
89481

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 October 30, 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.