Bazoges-en-Pareds’s strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on cost of living (A) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bazoges-en-Pareds 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.
Each subject compares Bazoges-en-Pareds 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Deux dolmens dits La Pierre Folle des Cous et La Ciste des Cous · Classé · Photo: Liberliger · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bazoges-en-Pareds’ story
Bazoges-en-Pareds in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Bazoges-en-Pareds: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1927First protected: Dolmen dit des Landes ou Allée couverte de la Pierre Levée
1991Most recently protected: Motte et retranchement médiéval du Plessis Bouchard
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bazoges-en-Pareds.
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Bazoges-en-Pareds’ ages would predict, 66 per 100 expected, under Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 73 residents of Bazoges-en-Pareds died, against 111 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bazoges-en-Pareds is Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee, 13.9 mi away. At birth, a girl in Vendée can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 2 family doctors.
−34%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw66
Adjusted66
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Bazoges-en-Pareds · 1.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
13.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buying in Bazoges-en-Pareds costs less than in Vendée’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €997/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.67/m² a month, below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.23/m² a month. Sales in Bazoges-en-Pareds from July 2023 to June 2026: 44 houses and apartments.
€997/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bazoges-en-Pareds€997/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€997/m²
44
€8.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.66 to €11.29/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,810
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Incomes in Bazoges-en-Pareds run lower than in Vendée’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €24,160 a year per consumption unit
5.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.8%, above Vendée’s towns (7.7%) but below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.0% of working residents in Bazoges-en-Pareds didn’t travel to work at all.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Bazoges-en-Pareds, 0.4 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Bazoges-en-Pareds keeps more of its old housing than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 39% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Bazoges-en-Pareds is Deux dolmens dits La Pierre Folle des Cous et La Ciste des Cous. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in the town: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Bazoges-en-Pareds are under 15, more than in Vendée’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 22% of adults, below both Vendée’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 21% of the town. The median resident of Bazoges-en-Pareds is 44 years old.
44median age
Bazoges-en-ParedsVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Bazoges-en-Pareds: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bazoges-en-Pareds
Is Bazoges-en-Pareds safe?
Bazoges-en-Pareds has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 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.
Is Bazoges-en-Pareds expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bazoges-en-Pareds grades A for cost of living.
About Bazoges-en-Pareds
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Bazoges-en-Pareds is a commune of 1,184 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. 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
1,184 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie
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.
