Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,845 residents and lies in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
The weak point is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île earns a C−, which places it #43 of 46 in Vendée. Set against the rest, it does better than 15% of compared French towns. It is easy to get around without a car (B+): nearly two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île 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 L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Donjon de Moricq, in Angles, 6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 5% of residents, below Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. 54% of residents have reached 65. Graduates make up 17% of adults.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 6.5% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 10% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 54% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,925/m², higher than both Vendée’s towns (€2,339/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses made up 94% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €9.60/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,890/m² | 284 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #32 of 34 in Vendée. The closest lycée for the general bac is 10.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les CollibertsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 84%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,770 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 59 offenses were recorded locally. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.5 violent offenses and 20.4 graded property crimes a year.
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 · For family violence, other physical violence and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 10.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Vendée: 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 654 deaths in L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île from 2016 to 2025; there were 613, 6% fewer. Its care home for older people (75 places) counts its residents as L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. The nearest emergency department to L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île is Centre hospitalier site de Lucon, 10.4 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Family days out and heritage in and near L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île. Best known first.
Nothing in L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île | 2,845 | — | C− | D | C+ | B |
| La Tranche-sur-Mer | 3,136 | 6.4 | D− | D | C− | C− |
| Angles | 3,115 | 6.8 | — | C− | — | C |
| La Flotte Charente-Maritime | 3,150 | 10 | A | C− | A− | A |
| Longeville-sur-Mer | 2,625 | 10 | C | D | B− | B− |
| Marsilly Charente-Maritime | 3,176 | 11 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Luçon | 9,417 | 11 | C+ | B+ | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #38 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 15% of compared French towns and #32 of 34 in Vendée. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île is a commune of 2,845 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Vendée 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 November 9, 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.