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A town of 725 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Grand'Landes is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Just 15% of residents are 65 or older. The median price paid is €1,789/m².
The 2 things Grand'Landes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Grand'Landes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Mégalithe dit La Pierre-des-Farfadets, in Le Poiré-sur-Vie, 5.4 mi away.
15% 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 Grand'Landes.
People 65 and over make up 15% of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, higher than Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and near compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 17% have a degree.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Grand'Landes | 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 | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 350 residents in work, Grand'Landes has 100 jobs: 0.2 each. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.5% of commuters at the census. At the census, 4.7% of working residents in Grand'Landes didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.4 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 5.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Paul PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 91 | 98%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Grand'Landes recorded 33 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,789/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Grand'Landes. Best known first.
Nothing in Grand'Landes 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 Grand'Landes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand'Landes | 725 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron | 2,727 | 5.1 | — | B | — | A− |
| Legé Loire-Atlantique | 4,817 | 5.2 | B | B | B+ | C |
| Aizenay | 10,365 | 6.5 | A | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne | 3,701 | 7.6 | — | B | — | B |
| Le Poiré-sur-Vie | 8,649 | 8.7 | A+ | C+ | A | A− |
| Corcoué-sur-Logne Loire-Atlantique | 3,265 | 9.2 | — | C+ | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Grand'Landes is a commune of 725 people in the Communauté de communes de Vie et Boulogne. 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 November 4, 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.