Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 4,035 people live in this town, in Vendée, Pays de la Loire. Over-65s are 42% of the population.
Beauvoir-sur-Mer’s grades pull in different directions. Homes are dear (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it does best is safety (A): an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade lands at C+, better than 43% of compared French towns. It ranks #35 of 46 in Vendée.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Beauvoir-sur-Mer 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.
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The 2 things Beauvoir-sur-Mer does most differently from other towns.
Beauvoir-sur-Mer has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Charles Gallet, born in 1875, is the one person born in Beauvoir-sur-Mer before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Beauvoir-sur-Mer has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Philibert: Photo: Pierre Gouard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beauvoir-sur-Mer.
People 65 and over make up just over two fifths of the town, higher than both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 6.3% of residents. Among adults, 13% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.3% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 42% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, 42 offenses were recorded in Beauvoir-sur-Mer. Of the graded crimes in the town, burglary came up most often (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 42 offenses in the graded categories here in 2025.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (16.6% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
200 sales of houses and apartments in Beauvoir-sur-Mer, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,302/m². Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 200 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,318/m² | 194 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Beauvoir-sur-Mer records 97 deaths per 100 expected, above both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). 689 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 614: 12% above. The nearest emergency department to Beauvoir-sur-Mer is Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans, 9.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Beauvoir-sur-Mer can choose among 2 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Beauvoir-sur-Mer has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,610 a year. At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Beauvoir-sur-Mer.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Beauvoir-sur-Mer is a commune of 4,035 people in the Communauté de communes Challans-Gois Communauté. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer | 4,035 | — | C+ | C− | A | C |
| Saint-Gervais | 2,781 | 2.5 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Sallertaine | 3,518 | 6.1 | A− | C | A | A |
| Saint-Jean-de-Monts | 8,868 | 8.7 | D | D | D | C− |
| Challans | 22,943 | 9.4 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| La Garnache | 5,515 | 10 | A− | C+ | A | A− |
| Soullans | 4,654 | 10 | B | C | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #14 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,302/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Beauvoir-sur-Mer grades C− for cost of living.
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 4, 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.