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2026 ranking · vacancy rate of private housing

The towns in France with the highest housing vacancy rate (501st to 600th)

Dembeni (Mayotte) has the highest housing vacancy rate in France: 28.5% of its private homes are vacant.

5,527 towns ranked out of 34,875

Continued: the towns in France ranked 501st to 600th, out of 5,527.

The ranking, continued: highest housing vacancy rates in France

Rank Town Department Vacant private homes Proportional bar Population
501 Cahors Lot (46) 11.2 20,887
502 Bouligny Meuse (55) 11.2 2,544
503 tied Charleville-Mézières Ardennes (08) 11.2 46,473
503 tied Firminy Loire (42) 11.2 17,241
503 tied Désertines Allier (03) 11.2 4,345
503 tied Brassac-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme (63) 11.2 3,547
507 tied Le Morne-Rouge Martinique (972) 11.2 4,438
507 tied Basse-Pointe Martinique (972) 11.2 2,881
507 tied Monflanquin Lot-et-Garonne (47) 11.2 2,400
510 Montignac-Lascaux Dordogne (24) 11.2 2,812
511 tied Fourmies Nord (59) 11.2 11,644
511 tied Guérigny Nièvre (58) 11.2 2,555
513 tied Saint-Joseph Martinique (972) 11.1 16,427
513 tied Bagnères-de-Bigorre Hautes-Pyrénées (65) 11.1 7,375
513 tied Lavelanet Ariège (09) 11.1 6,095
516 Plémet Côtes-d'Armor (22) 11.1 3,846
517 tied Pont-Audemer Eure (27) 11.1 10,303
517 tied Bogny-sur-Meuse Ardennes (08) 11.1 4,951
517 tied Vittel Vosges (88) 11.1 4,912
520 tied Millau Aveyron (12) 11.1 22,678
520 tied Lussac-les-Châteaux Vienne (86) 11.1 2,311
522 tied Morlaix Finistère (29) 11.1 15,647
522 tied La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois Cher (18) 11.1 3,207
522 tied Saint-Julien-du-Sault Yonne (89) 11.1 2,220
522 tied Estagel Pyrénées-Orientales (66) 11.1 2,183
522 tied Cabasse Var (83) 11.1 2,055
527 tied Gannat Allier (03) 11.1 5,794
527 tied Sospel Alpes-Maritimes (06) 11.1 3,879
529 tied Perpignan Pyrénées-Orientales (66) 11.1 123,136
529 tied Ille-sur-Têt Pyrénées-Orientales (66) 11.1 5,627
531 tied Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Charente (16) 11.0 4,899
531 tied Dormans Marne (51) 11.0 2,933
531 tied Bray-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne (77) 11.0 2,366
534 Nexon Haute-Vienne (87) 11.0 2,589
535 tied Sens Yonne (89) 11.0 27,600
535 tied Ouangani Mayotte (976) 11.0 14,534
535 tied Nogent-le-Rotrou Eure-et-Loir (28) 11.0 9,683
535 tied Brou Eure-et-Loir (28) 11.0 3,267
535 tied Giromagny Territoire de Belfort (90) 11.0 2,970
535 tied Fère-en-Tardenois Aisne (02) 11.0 2,872
535 tied Puy-Guillaume Puy-de-Dôme (63) 11.0 2,677
535 tied Séreilhac Haute-Vienne (87) 11.0 2,029
543 tied Arcis-sur-Aube Aube (10) 11.0 2,867
543 tied San-Nicolao Haute-Corse (2B) 11.0 2,084
545 Morne-à-l'Eau Guadeloupe (971) 11.0 16,367
546 tied Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône (13) 11.0 8,646
546 tied Goyave Guadeloupe (971) 11.0 7,630
546 tied Saint-Pierre-en-Auge Calvados (14) 11.0 7,458
549 Valence-en-Poitou Vienne (86) 11.0 4,453
550 tied Hérimoncourt Doubs (25) 11.0 3,557
550 tied Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde (33) 11.0 3,217
550 tied Beautor Aisne (02) 11.0 2,611
553 tied Maripasoula French Guiana (973) 10.9 9,717
553 tied Brionne Eure (27) 10.9 4,346
553 tied Varennes-sur-Allier Allier (03) 10.9 3,602
553 tied Sourdeval Manche (50) 10.9 3,086
557 tied Saint-Paulien Haute-Loire (43) 10.9 2,505
557 tied Fère-Champenoise Marne (51) 10.9 2,209
557 tied Astaffort Lot-et-Garonne (47) 10.9 2,006
560 tied Évreux Eure (27) 10.9 50,601
560 tied Toul Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) 10.9 15,955
560 tied Remiremont Vosges (88) 10.9 7,619
563 tied Algrange Moselle (57) 10.9 5,868
563 tied Aups Var (83) 10.9 2,222
565 tied Dieppe Seine-Maritime (76) 10.9 28,970
565 tied Beaumont-de-Lomagne Tarn-et-Garonne (82) 10.9 3,990
565 tied Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache Aisne (02) 10.9 2,495
568 tied Beaucaire Gard (30) 10.9 15,883
568 tied Rethel Ardennes (08) 10.9 7,674
568 tied L'Escarène Alpes-Maritimes (06) 10.9 2,598
571 tied Audincourt Doubs (25) 10.9 14,303
571 tied Freyming-Merlebach Moselle (57) 10.9 13,379
573 tied Domfront en Poiraie Orne (61) 10.9 4,226
573 tied Guerlédan Côtes-d'Armor (22) 10.9 2,595
575 tied Migennes Yonne (89) 10.9 6,765
575 tied Lesparre-Médoc Gironde (33) 10.9 5,972
575 tied Doullens Somme (80) 10.9 5,938
575 tied Salernes Var (83) 10.9 4,097
579 tied Laon Aisne (02) 10.9 24,809
579 tied Le Moule Guadeloupe (971) 10.9 23,249
581 Valensole Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) 10.8 3,199
582 tied Blancs-Coteaux Marne (51) 10.8 3,245
582 tied Matha Charente-Maritime (17) 10.8 2,267
584 tied Chagny Saône-et-Loire (71) 10.8 5,434
584 tied Capinghem Nord (59) 10.8 2,756
586 Le Mené Côtes-d'Armor (22) 10.8 6,671
587 tied Forbach Moselle (57) 10.8 20,721
587 tied Montoire-sur-le-Loir Loir-et-Cher (41) 10.8 3,848
589 Les Vans Ardèche (07) 10.8 2,702
590 Ham Somme (80) 10.8 4,456
591 tied Vic-en-Bigorre Hautes-Pyrénées (65) 10.8 5,098
591 tied Val en Vignes Deux-Sèvres (79) 10.8 2,142
593 tied Chalon-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire (71) 10.8 46,481
593 tied Théding Moselle (57) 10.8 2,462
595 tied Alençon Orne (61) 10.7 26,175
595 tied Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne (52) 10.7 23,281
595 tied Schœlcher Martinique (972) 10.7 19,667
595 tied Cazères Haute-Garonne (31) 10.7 4,916
595 tied La Cavalerie Aveyron (12) 10.7 2,247
600 Sarlat-la-Canéda Dordogne (24) 10.7 9,099

Source: French Ministry of Housing and Cerema, vacant housing file (LOVAC); vacant private homes on January 1 as a share of all private homes, towns with 2,000 or more inhabitants. Not ranked: towns with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants and towns whose figures are withheld for tax confidentiality. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

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