Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,613 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Chauché has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 45% 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 €1,708/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Chauché does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chauché 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.
Chauché has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chauché: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chauché.
For Chauché, that is below both Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Chauché sits below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,708/m², comes from 77 sales of houses and apartments in Chauché from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,708/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Chauché above both Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). 18% of residents are 65 or over.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Chauché | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Chauché is above 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 B.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Chauché comes above both Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chauché: 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
Chauché has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chauché 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chauché | 2,613 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Essarts-en-Bocage | 6,851 | 4.1 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers | 3,726 | 4.5 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Les Brouzils | 2,938 | 4.7 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Saint-Fulgent | 3,994 | 4.9 | A+ | B | A | B+ |
| L'Herbergement | 3,482 | 7.4 | — | B | — | C− |
| Bellevigny | 6,240 | 7.8 | A− | B | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chauché has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,708/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chauché grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Chauché is a commune of 2,613 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. 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.