Chantonnay grades B+ overall: better than 69% of compared French towns, and #29 of 46 in Vendée. Its weakest subject is walkability (C+): 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,714/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pays de Chantonnay. Its strongest is schools (B+): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
What makes Chantonnay stand out
The one thing Chantonnay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chantonnay 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 Chantonnay.
Schools
90.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Chantonnay, 96.0% passed the bac, near Vendée’s towns (97.1%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #21 of 34 in Vendée.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Chantonnay than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.40/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Chantonnay: €1,723/m² for houses, €1,692/m² for apartments. The median price, €1,714/m², comes from 338 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026. Also worth knowing: of the homes sold, 91% were houses.
€1,714/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chantonnay€1,714/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,723/m²
308
Apartments
€1,692/m²
30
€10.40/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.31 to €13.02/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.63/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,030
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays de Chantonnay
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Money is tighter in Chantonnay than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,630 a year per consumption unit
Jobs based in Chantonnay number 4,750, against 3,550 residents in work (1.3 per worker). Unemployment stood at 9.5%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Vendée’s towns (7.7%). At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Chantonnay didn’t travel to work at all.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
4,750
jobs based in Chantonnay, 1.3 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 38% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Chantonnay: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chantonnay, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Chantonnay ranks above 54% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12. The 2025 count: 194 offenses in Chantonnay. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Chantonnay (2025).
10.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage48
Family violence43
Other physical violence27
Sexual violence26
Burglary19
Vehicle theft16
Theft from vehicles15
Armed robbery0
Fraud52
Theft without violence40
Drug use12
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.
10.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
194
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Fewer people in Chantonnay hold a degree than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 19%
One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town. Half of Chantonnay is older than 45.8, half younger.
45.8median age
ChantonnayVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Chantonnay is 17 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. There are 4 general practitioners in Chantonnay. Its care home for older people (82 places) counts its residents as Chantonnay’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 770 residents of Chantonnay died, against 792 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Chantonnay · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site de Lucon
17.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chd site la Roche Sur Yon
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Gabriel-Laurent Paillou: Loubianka, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Louis-Armand de Lespinay: JeanPhi85, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Alexis Louis Marie de Lespinay: Unidentified painter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Zénobe Alexis de Lespinay: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Chantonnay’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chantonnay
Is Chantonnay safe?
It grades B− for safety, #33 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Chantonnay good?
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #21 of 34 in Vendée. 93% of 107 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Georges Clemenceau in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chantonnay expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,714/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chantonnay grades B+ for cost of living.
About Chantonnay
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Chantonnay is a commune of 8,557 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Chantonnay. 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.
