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A town of 4,625 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Dompierre-sur-Yon grades A− overall: better than 85% of compared French towns, and #20 of 46 in Vendée. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 51% 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 €2,345/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Dompierre-sur-Yon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dompierre-sur-Yon 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Dompierre-sur-Yon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2010.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dompierre-sur-Yon.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 55 offenses in the graded categories in Dompierre-sur-Yon in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.1 (2023–2025 average). For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 16.0% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Dompierre-sur-Yon sits below both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Children under 15 make up 20% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Dompierre-sur-Yon | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
That puts Dompierre-sur-Yon below both Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 4.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 240 residents of Dompierre-sur-Yon died, against 252 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. 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.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Dompierre-sur-Yon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Dompierre-sur-Yon is below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,345/m², comes from 134 sales of houses and apartments in Dompierre-sur-Yon from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,359/m² | 133 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Dompierre-sur-Yon. Best known first.
Dompierre-sur-Yon 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 Dompierre-sur-Yon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dompierre-sur-Yon | 4,625 | — | A− | B− | A | C |
| La Ferrière | 5,454 | 3.6 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Mouilleron-le-Captif | 5,273 | 3.6 | A+ | B− | A+ | A− |
| Bellevigny | 6,240 | 3.7 | A− | B | A+ | A− |
| Le Poiré-sur-Vie | 8,649 | 5.3 | A+ | C+ | A | A− |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 54,849 | 5.4 | B− | C+ | C− | B− |
| La Chaize-le-Vicomte | 3,948 | 6.6 | — | B | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #13 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dompierre-sur-Yon grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Dompierre-sur-Yon is a commune of 4,625 people in the Communauté d'agglomération La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération. 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.