Bouin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,039/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Challans-Gois Communauté. Its strongest is jobs & income (B): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bouin 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bouin.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Bouin’s ages would predict, 112 per 100 expected, above Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Bouin sits above both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 566 residents of Bouin died, against 357 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 58% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw158
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bouin · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans
10.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C
Renting in Bouin costs more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.12/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Bouin is above both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,039/m², comes from 128 sales of houses and apartments in Bouin from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,039/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bouin€2,039/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,039/m²
128
€14.12/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.23 to €17.75/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,370
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Challans-Gois Communauté
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Bouin has more crime per resident than 60% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 53 offenses in the graded categories in Bouin in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 16.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage24
Burglary19
Theft from vehicles10
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Theft without violence6
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
53
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
History
Bouin keeps more of its old housing than Vendée or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Bouin, that is above both Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bouin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bouin
Is Bouin safe?
It grades C+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
Is Bouin expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,039/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bouin grades C for cost of living.
About Bouin
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Bouin is a commune of 2,205 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
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.
