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A town of 6,240 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Bellevigny grades A− overall: better than 83% of compared French towns, and #21 of 46 in Vendée. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,233/m², a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de Vie et Boulogne. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Bellevigny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bellevigny 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 Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bellevigny: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1947.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bellevigny.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 64 offenses in the graded categories in Bellevigny in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Bellevigny, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For other physical violence and sexual violence, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 7.9% of the index here.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Bellevigny, that is below both Vendée’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #34 of 34 in Vendée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 82%−10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Bellevigny sits below both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 389 residents of Bellevigny died, against 413 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
That puts Bellevigny below both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 19% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bellevigny | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Bellevigny is below both Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bellevigny has 2,750 jobs for 3,100 working residents, 0.9 per worker. 6.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bellevigny: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Bellevigny comes below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,233/m², comes from 172 sales of houses and apartments in Bellevigny from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,233/m² | 172 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Bellevigny has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église (ancienne): Photo: Jacques93 · Public domain
2 notable people were born in Bellevigny.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevigny | 6,240 | — | A− | B | A+ | A− |
| Dompierre-sur-Yon | 4,625 | 3.7 | A− | B− | A | C |
| Le Poiré-sur-Vie | 8,649 | 3.8 | A+ | C+ | A | A− |
| Mouilleron-le-Captif | 5,273 | 5 | A+ | B− | A+ | A− |
| Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne | 3,701 | 5.1 | — | B | — | B |
| La Ferrière | 5,454 | 7 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Chauché | 2,613 | 7.8 | — | A− | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #6 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,233/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bellevigny grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Bellevigny is a commune of 6,240 people in the Communauté de communes de Vie et Boulogne. 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.