Living in Vire

In Vire, unemployment is 4.8% (2022).

Vire numbered 1,256 residents at the end of 2023.

Last checked 2026-10-0716 sources

Population1,256people31 Dec 2023Official source · Insee

Average gross salary3,056EUR/month31 Dec 2022District figureOfficial source · Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département

Unemployment rate4.8%country median 11.0% — 56% belowOfficial source · www.insee.fr

Recorded crime4,898incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Municipality figureOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)

PM2.5, annual mean6µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Vire?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in FranceNational rates and thresholds that apply in Vire.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Vire recorded 609 dwellings at the end of 2023.

No city-level rent figure is published for Vire. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Net rent across major citiesVire highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30

Nice€20.43

Lyon€16.57

Marseille€16.30

Toulon€14.43

Toulouse€13.98

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Bordeaux€15.99

Lille€15.76

Strasbourg€15.57

Montpellier€15.49

Rennes€14.87

Nantes€14.50

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange Livebox Fibre¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange 100GB mobile plan¹³Official · national market
Dwellings	609 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	526 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	INSEE⁶Official

Is Vire a good place to live?

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Remote worker62%strong on work, weak on housing · range 52–72%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on housing · range 52–70%

Student51%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 42–60%

Family46%strong on family, weak on housing · range 36–56%

Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–71%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Vire?

The unemployment rate is about 4.8 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Vire is 4.8%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

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Vire 4.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,056 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département⁸Official · county
Fibre-to-the-building availability	97.94 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)²Official
Gigabit broadband availability	97.94 %	3 Aug 2026	Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)²Official
Unemployment rate	4.8 %country median 11.0%	31 Dec 2022	www.insee.fr¹⁶Official

Public employment offices in Vire

Exact offices linked to this city from official sources. Check the office page before visiting because hours and appointment rules can change.

Verified locally

Votre agence France Travail — Verified local office

669 RUE GUY DEGRENNE, CS30045, 14502 VIRE CEDEX, 14502

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Only exact city-linked public offices are listed; this is not a complete directory of private recruiters or every employment provider. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	1 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁹Official
Schools	1 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)⁹Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 3 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: UPE2A (unités pédagogiques pour élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés) + UPE2A-NSA variant. How to enrol a child (education.gouv.fr).

A country-wide rule for France; Vire's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Healthcare

Vire maintained 1,328.5 beds per 100,000 residents at the end of 2011.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,329 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2011	DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Vire when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,329 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Vire?

Police recorded about 4,898 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)³

Recorded crime across major citiesVire highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488

Lyon13,026

Bordeaux12,429

Marseille11,857

Paris10,987

Montpellier9,636

Toulouse8,875

Rennes8,241

Strasbourg7,791

Nantes7,704

Nice7,577

Toulon6,973

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,898 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)³Official · parent municipality

Mobility and administration

Vire's nearest airport was CFR, 49 km away and offered 4 direct destinations. Vire's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 97.94%.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	4 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	49 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	CFR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Vire. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course

État français and OFII

For eligible non-EU foreign residents.

FrenchIn Person

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DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Vire.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 4.4°C in January and 17.7°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Vire?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: air.discomap.eea.europa.eu¹

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in FranceAnnual PM2.5 in Vire is 6.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Vire 6.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	air.discomap.eea.europa.eu¹Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.31 · Feb 18.65 · Mar 20.62 · Apr 25.55 · May 28.48 · Jun 32.59 · Jul 35.45 · Aug 36.98 · Sep 30.81 · Oct 26.78 · Nov 18.7 · Dec 14.73 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -9.34 · Feb -10.36 · Mar -5.14 · Apr -3.59 · May 1.25 · Jun 4.14 · Jul 7.73 · Aug 7.69 · Sep 4.13 · Oct -0.96 · Nov -4.69 · Dec -6.46 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.42 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 6.79 · Apr 9.64 · May 12.67 · Jun 15.96 · Jul 17.68 · Aug 17.58 · Sep 15.15 · Oct 11.9 · Nov 7.96 · Dec 4.91 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Vire?

The published population was 1,256 people in 2023. Source: Insee⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	1,256 people	31 Dec 2023	Insee⁵Official

Population over time9 published observations, 1968–2023

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1,25619681982199920122023

Population rose 51.9% between 1968 and 2023, from 827 to 1,256.

International community in Vire

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population resident in France excluding Mayotte; INSEE RP2023 NAT; total age and sex · 2023 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	1,225	100.0%
Français	1,213	99.0%
Etranger	12	1.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Vire

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Vire from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Vire, nearest in population first.

All France cities

Belleville1,526 residents Marennes2,021 residents Megève2,996 residents Saint-Tropez3,649 residents Évry417 residents Ligny-en-Barrois3,798 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Vire?

The published population was 1,256 people in 2023. Source: Insee.

Is the air quality good in Vire?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: air.discomap.eea.europa.eu.

How safe is Vire?

What is the unemployment rate in Vire?

The unemployment rate is about 4.8 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Vire a good place to live?

Vire may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Vire?

The official citizenship distribution records 1,213 people (99.0%) in the source-defined population for 2023 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Vire, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 98c8586cd8ef5843326f29815b1624d9]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/vire/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_vire-france-population-salary-cost-of-living-jobs_ece332969537,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Vire, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {98c8586cd8ef5843326f29815b1624d9},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/vire/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse) data.arcep.fr · checked 2026-08-03
Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026) static.data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-09-24
DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 2011 data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
Insee insee.fr · checked 2026-08-05
INSEE insee.fr · checked 2026-08-07
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), France api.insee.fr · checked 2026-08-30
Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département insee.fr · checked 2026-10-07
Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr) data.education.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr) data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03

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NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
Orange 100GB mobile plan boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
Orange Livebox Fibre boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
www.insee.fr insee.fr · checked 2026-08-26

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