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A town of 1,240 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Fougeré has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Fougeré does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fougeré 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 no building in Fougeré as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in La Chaize-le-Vicomte, 2.9 mi away.
14% 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 Fougeré.
For its 650 residents in work, Fougeré has 300 jobs: 0.5 each. 4.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,140 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 15% of residents are 65 or older. Fougeré has a median age of 37.9 years. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, above Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and close to compared French towns (11%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Fougeré | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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.
30 sales of houses and apartments in Fougeré, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,039/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €8.72/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,039/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Fougeré come to 96 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 67 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 64, 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Fougeré is Chd site la Roche Sur Yon, 8.5 mi away. Women in Vendée live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Heritage and museums in and near Fougeré. Best known first.
Nothing in Fougeré is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fougeré 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fougeré | 1,240 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| La Chaize-le-Vicomte | 3,948 | 2.9 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Bournezeau | 3,452 | 4 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Saint-Martin-des-Noyers | 2,560 | 4.8 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| La Ferrière | 5,454 | 5.6 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Rives de l'Yon | 4,335 | 7.1 | A− | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Essarts-en-Bocage | 6,851 | 7.9 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fougeré has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,039/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fougeré grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Fougeré is a commune of 1,240 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.