Cugand-la-Bernardière’s strongest is safety: an average of 1.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The town grades A+ overall, better than almost every compared French town, and ranks #1 of 46 in Vendée. Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,408/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Cugand-la-Bernardière 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.
Domaine de la Garenne-Lemot: Photo: Cyril5555 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Villa du Mont-Gallien: Photo: Éduarel · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cugand-la-Bernardière.
Safety
For crime per resident, Cugand-la-Bernardière sits below 99% of compared French towns
1.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Cugand-la-Bernardière comes 2nd of the 46 compared towns in Vendée on the Safety Grade. Recorded offenses here came to 31 in 2025. Also worth knowing: more of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Burglary15
Armed robbery0
Fraud27
Theft without violence6
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
1.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
21.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (21.5% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A
Cugand-la-Bernardière loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 72 per 100 expected, below Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
−28%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 580 residents of Cugand-la-Bernardière died, against 569 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. The nearest emergency department to Cugand-la-Bernardière is Chd site de Montaigu, 6.6 mi away. 5 GPs practise locally. Life expectancy at birth in Vendée is 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted72
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Cugand-la-Bernardière · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chd site de Montaigu
17 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
95.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
98%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Cugand-la-Bernardière, 98.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Vendée’s towns (97.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2.7 mi off. Its collèges and lycées rank #19 of 34 in Vendée on results.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Cugand-la-Bernardière keeps more of its old housing than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Cugand-la-Bernardière, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Cugand-la-Bernardière is a graduates’ town: 36% hold a degree, more than in both Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
42.8median age
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Cugand-la-Bernardière has a median age of 42.8.
Cugand-la-BernardièreVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Unemployment in Cugand-la-Bernardière, 5.2%, runs below Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
14%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs based in Cugand-la-Bernardière number 1,900, against 2,800 residents in work (0.7 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €27,270 a year per consumption unit, close to Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and above compared French towns (€25,970). 2.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
Public transport9%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
1,900
jobs based in Cugand-la-Bernardière, 0.7 per working resident
5.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Cugand-la-Bernardière is graded a B− for cost of living
€2,408/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
144 sales of houses and apartments in Cugand-la-Bernardière, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,408/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.04/m² a month, about level with Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €9.49/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cugand-la-Bernardière€2,408/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,408/m²
144
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.05 to €13.48/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,540
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu
Cugand-la-Bernardière is a commune of 5,711 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu. 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
5,711 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu
Département
Vendée (85)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
11 sq mi (28.5 km²)
INSEE code
85076
Cugand-la-Bernardière’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cugand-la-Bernardière
Is Cugand-la-Bernardière safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cugand-la-Bernardière good?
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns and #19 of 34 in Vendée. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cugand-la-Bernardière expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,408/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cugand-la-Bernardière grades B− for cost of living.
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.
