Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,428 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Coëx has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,371/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Coëx does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coëx 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.
Coëx has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Coëx as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pierre de criée de l'ancienne église, in Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie, 4.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coëx.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Coëx records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 454 residents of Coëx died, against 393 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Coëx sits below both Vendée’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Coëx | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,371/m², comes from 144 sales of houses and apartments in Coëx from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,388/m² | 140 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.8% of Coëx’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 88% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Coëx. Best known first.
Nothing in Coëx is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Coëx as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coëx | 3,428 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Commequiers | 3,735 | 5.7 | — | B | — | B− |
| Bretignolles-sur-Mer | 5,344 | 7 | C | C− | B− | B− |
| Le Fenouiller | 4,978 | 7.1 | A− | C− | A+ | B |
| Brem-sur-Mer | 2,993 | 7.3 | — | C− | — | C |
| Aizenay | 10,365 | 7.7 | A | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie | 8,333 | 8.1 | B | D | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Coëx has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.70/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Coëx grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Coëx is a commune of 3,428 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. 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.