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A town of 1,140 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Châteauneuf has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,298/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.3 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 health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Châteauneuf does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Châteauneuf 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 2 historic monuments in Châteauneuf, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1982.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Châteauneuf.
4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Châteauneuf has 150 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The median disposable income is €24,560 a year per consumption unit.
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.
On this, Châteauneuf is below both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Châteauneuf comes above both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,298/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Châteauneuf from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,298/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Châteauneuf, that is above both Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 18% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Châteauneuf | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Châteauneuf, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Châteauneuf, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Moulin à vent dit Le Petit-Moulin: Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Motte féodale: Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Châteauneuf yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauneuf | 1,140 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Saint-Gervais | 2,781 | 3.5 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Sallertaine | 3,518 | 3.7 | A− | C | A | A |
| La Garnache | 5,515 | 4.4 | A− | C+ | A | A− |
| Challans | 22,943 | 5.6 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer | 4,035 | 5.9 | C+ | C− | A | C |
| Machecoul-Saint-Même Loire-Atlantique | 7,689 | 7.4 | B+ | C | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Châteauneuf has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 11.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,298/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Châteauneuf grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Châteauneuf is a commune of 1,140 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
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.
