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A town of 2,208 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire. Only 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Froidfond has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Froidfond does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Froidfond 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Froidfond as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne commanderie de templiers de Coudrie, in Challans, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Froidfond.
In the comparison, Froidfond comes below both Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Froidfond has 250 jobs for 1,100 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 3.1% 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
For Froidfond, that is above both Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 15% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Froidfond | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 100 residents of Froidfond died, against 105 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 D 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 74 sales of houses and apartments in Froidfond from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,339/m² for the median of compared towns in Vendée.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,132/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Froidfond 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 Froidfond 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Froidfond | 2,208 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron | 2,727 | 3.4 | — | B | — | A− |
| La Garnache | 5,515 | 3.7 | A− | C+ | A | A− |
| Challans | 22,943 | 5.8 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Soullans | 4,654 | 8.2 | B | C | A | B− |
| Commequiers | 3,735 | 8.3 | — | B | — | B− |
| Legé Loire-Atlantique | 4,817 | 8.3 | B | B | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Froidfond has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.54/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Froidfond grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Froidfond is a commune of 2,208 people in the Communauté de communes Challans-Gois Communauté. 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.