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A town of 2,221 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Grosbreuil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 49% 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 €2,449/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Grosbreuil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Grosbreuil 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 Grosbreuil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château des Granges-Cathus, in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, 4.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grosbreuil.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 133 residents of Grosbreuil died, against 161 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Grosbreuil is Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere, 6.8 mi away. 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. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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.
Grosbreuil has 250 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Unemployment runs at 7.5%. Also worth knowing: at the census, 5.5% of working residents in Grosbreuil didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,449/m², comes from 89 sales of houses and apartments in Grosbreuil from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 89 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,449/m² | 89 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Grosbreuil has a median age of 43.3. One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Grosbreuil | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Grosbreuil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Grosbreuil.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grosbreuil | 2,221 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Sainte-Foy | 2,717 | 3.1 | — | C | — | A+ |
| Les Achards | 5,518 | 5 | A | C− | A+ | B |
| Talmont-Saint-Hilaire | 8,492 | 5.3 | C | D | B | C+ |
| Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups | 2,585 | 5.4 | — | B− | — | A |
| Nieul-le-Dolent | 2,571 | 5.4 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Les Sables-d'Olonne | 49,603 | 7.8 | B | D | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Grosbreuil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,449/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Grosbreuil grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Grosbreuil is a commune of 2,221 people in the Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral. 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.