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With 2,385 residents, it is a town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy does well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.4% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car: 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,870/m² costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Herbiers.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Beaurepaire 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 Beaurepaire does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beaurepaire 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.
Beaurepaire 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 Beaurepaire 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, 5.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaurepaire.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
196 deaths in Beaurepaire between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 204: 4% below. Its care home for older people (55 places) counts its residents as Beaurepaire’s; allowing for it, deaths were 30% below expected. In Vendée, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Beaurepaire can choose among 6 GPs.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, higher than both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 20% of residents. Typical age in Beaurepaire: 41.3, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Beaurepaire | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,870/m², comes from 50 sales of houses and apartments in Beaurepaire from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,870/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
4.1% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,700 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Beaurepaire didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Beaurepaire. Best known first.
Nothing in Beaurepaire is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Beaurepaire.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaurepaire | 2,385 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| La Gaubretière | 3,225 | 2.6 | — | B− | — | A |
| Les Landes-Genusson | 2,638 | 4.2 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Les Herbiers | 16,521 | 4.6 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Saint-Fulgent | 3,994 | 5.4 | A+ | B | A | B+ |
| Chanverrie | 5,653 | 5.6 | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers | 3,726 | 7.4 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Beaurepaire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,870/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beaurepaire grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Beaurepaire is a commune of 2,385 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Herbiers. 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 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.