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2,277 people call this town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire home.
Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A quarter of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 28% of residents.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie 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.
L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de la Chaize-Giraud, in La Chaize-Giraud, 1.7 mi away.
3.8% 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 L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.27/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 126 homes were sold in L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie. The estimated advertised rent is €12.70/m² a month, higher than Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,787/m² | 126 |
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.
Its care home for older people (36 places) counts its residents as L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. 283 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 258: 10% above. The nearest emergency department to L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie is Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere, 11.4 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, higher than both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). At 50, the median resident of L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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-sur-Vie | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 950 residents in work, L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie has 350 jobs: 0.3 each. Unemployment stood at 8.2%, above Vendée’s towns (7.7%) but below compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie. Best known first.
Nothing in L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie 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 L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie | 2,277 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Bretignolles-sur-Mer | 5,344 | 3.4 | C | C− | B− | B− |
| Coëx | 3,428 | 3.7 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Brem-sur-Mer | 2,993 | 4.7 | — | C− | — | C |
| Le Fenouiller | 4,978 | 4.7 | A− | C− | A+ | B |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie | 8,333 | 5 | B | D | C | B |
| Commequiers | 3,735 | 6.2 | — | B | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie is a commune of 2,277 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. 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.