Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 3,726: a town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Chavagnes-en-Paillers’s schools beat most: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes change hands at a median €1,815/m².
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Chavagnes-en-Paillers has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Chavagnes-en-Paillers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chavagnes-en-Paillers 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.
Chavagnes-en-Paillers has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chavagnes-en-Paillers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de la Petite-Roche, in Montréverd, 7.9 mi away.
12% 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 Chavagnes-en-Paillers.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #8 of 34 in Vendée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 96%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
118 houses and apartments changed hands in Chavagnes-en-Paillers from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,815/m² | 118 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For its 1,750 residents in work, Chavagnes-en-Paillers has 1,200 jobs: 0.7 each. At the census, 4.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,150 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.
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. 565 deaths in Chavagnes-en-Paillers between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 491: 15% above. The town has 4 family doctors.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
18% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Vendée’s towns (16%). Typical age in Chavagnes-en-Paillers: 43.7, the median. The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Chavagnes-en-Paillers. Best known first.
Nothing in Chavagnes-en-Paillers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Chavagnes-en-Paillers.
Louis de Chevigné: Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers | 3,726 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Les Brouzils | 2,938 | 3.7 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Saint-Fulgent | 3,994 | 4.1 | A+ | B | A | B+ |
| Chauché | 2,613 | 4.5 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| L'Herbergement | 3,482 | 6.1 | — | B | — | C− |
| Montaigu-Vendée | 21,134 | 6.2 | A+ | C | A− | A− |
| Treize-Septiers | 3,416 | 6.8 | — | B− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chavagnes-en-Paillers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns and #8 of 34 in Vendée. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chavagnes-en-Paillers grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Chavagnes-en-Paillers is a commune of 3,726 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 November 8, 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.
