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1,555 people live in this town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Bazoges-en-Paillers’s strongest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 54% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is a strength too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (D). Only one in ten residents are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Bazoges-en-Paillers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Bazoges-en-Paillers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bazoges-en-Paillers with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Bazoges-en-Paillers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bazoges-en-Paillers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye de La Grainetière (ancienne), in Les Herbiers, 6.6 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bazoges-en-Paillers.
25% of adults hold a degree, close to Vendée’s towns (26%) and below compared French towns (30%). Under 15: 25% of residents. Line up the people of Bazoges-en-Paillers by age and the one in the middle is 34.9.
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bazoges-en-Paillers | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 9.9% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Vendée can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 63 deaths in Bazoges-en-Paillers from 2016 to 2025; there were 29, 54% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bazoges-en-Paillers is Chd site de Montaigu, 9.1 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Bazoges-en-Paillers holds 250 jobs; 800 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. At the census, 2.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.02/m² a month, lower than both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 42 homes in Bazoges-en-Paillers. A house rents for an estimated €8.46/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,665/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Bazoges-en-Paillers. Best known first.
Nothing in Bazoges-en-Paillers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bazoges-en-Paillers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazoges-en-Paillers | 1,555 | — | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Les Landes-Genusson | 2,638 | 3.9 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Fulgent | 3,994 | 4.1 | A+ | B | A | B+ |
| La Gaubretière | 3,225 | 4.1 | — | B− | — | A |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers | 3,726 | 5.2 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Les Herbiers | 16,521 | 6.6 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Treize-Septiers | 3,416 | 7.1 | — | B− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bazoges-en-Paillers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bazoges-en-Paillers grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Bazoges-en-Paillers is a commune of 1,555 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 8, 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.