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Some 1,924 people live in this town, in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Homes are affordable (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 13.1% unemployment. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median price paid is €1,549/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Chaillé-les-Marais 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 Chaillé-les-Marais 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.
Chaillé-les-Marais has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Chaillé-les-Marais does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chaillé-les-Marais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne (ancienne), in Marans, 5.8 mi away.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Chaillé-les-Marais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chaillé-les-Marais.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 64 homes were sold in Chaillé-les-Marais. That is the middle of 64 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,339/m² for the median of compared towns in Vendée.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,549/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €24,010 a year per consumption unit, below both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
351 deaths in Chaillé-les-Marais between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 262: 34% above. After the care-home adjustment, Chaillé-les-Marais’ deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, higher than both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Chaillé-les-Marais is Centre hospitalier site de Lucon, 8.6 mi away. In Vendée, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. 27% of residents are 65 or over, above Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The middle age in Chaillé-les-Marais is 48.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Chaillé-les-Marais | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
The graded crime recorded most in Chaillé-les-Marais was criminal damage (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.8 cases of violence against people and 8.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Its tally for 2025: 19 recorded offenses.
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 40.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
One notable person was born in Chaillé-les-Marais.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Chaillé-les-Marais is a commune of 1,924 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Vendée Littoral. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaillé-les-Marais | 1,924 | — | — | A− | — | C |
| Marans Charente-Maritime | 4,476 | 5.6 | B | B− | B− | B− |
| Luçon | 9,417 | 8.7 | C+ | B+ | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay Charente-Maritime | 3,063 | 10 | — | C | — | A |
| Fontenay-le-Comte | 14,059 | 11 | B+ | B | C− | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine | 3,611 | 11 | A− | A | B− | B− |
| Marsilly Charente-Maritime | 3,176 | 12 | — | D | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chaillé-les-Marais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chaillé-les-Marais grades A− 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.