Cheffois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 66% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,277/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 49% 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.
Each subject compares Cheffois 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 Cheffois.
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Cheffois’ ages would predict, 51 per 100 expected, under Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Cheffois below both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 39 residents of Cheffois died, against 77 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 49% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−49%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw51
Adjusted51
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Cheffois · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
14.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
On foot, Cheffois works less well than 90% of compared French towns
3.3% 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%). Unemployment stands at 5.3%. Cheffois has 400 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
400
jobs based in Cheffois, 0.8 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 10% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Cheffois costs less than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.86/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Cheffois comes below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,277/m², comes from 33 sales of houses and apartments in Cheffois from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,277/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cheffois€1,277/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,277/m²
33
€8.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.07 to €11.10/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,810
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Cheffois is rich in protected monuments: 50 per 10,000 residents, more than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Cheffois sits above both Vendée’s towns (2.5) and compared French towns (2.5) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Cheffois: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Cheffois is Dolmen de La Pierre-qui-vire.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cheffois
Is Cheffois safe?
Cheffois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Cheffois good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cheffois expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,277/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cheffois grades A for cost of living.
About Cheffois
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Cheffois is a commune of 1,009 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. 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
Population
1,009 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie
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.
