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The town, home to 1,502 people, lies in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools, B− for health and B− for walkability. The median price paid is €1,457/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. L'Île-d'Elle 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 one thing L'Île-d'Elle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares L'Île-d'Elle 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'Île-d'Elle 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'Île-d'Elle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne (ancienne), in Marans, 2.8 mi away.
23% 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'Île-d'Elle.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 85 homes were sold in L'Île-d'Elle. That is the middle of 85 sales of houses and apartments here 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 | €1,457/m² | 85 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, above both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The middle age in L'Île-d'Elle is 46.4.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| L'Île-d'Elle | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Golfe des PictonsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 61 | 82%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to L'Île-d'Elle is Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee, 11 mi away. 128 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 146: 12% below. 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,570 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.0% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near L'Île-d'Elle. Best known first.
Nothing in L'Île-d'Elle 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'Île-d'Elle 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'Île-d'Elle | 1,502 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Marans Charente-Maritime | 4,476 | 2.6 | B | B− | B− | B− |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay Charente-Maritime | 3,063 | 5.2 | — | C | — | A |
| Sainte-Soulle Charente-Maritime | 5,034 | 10 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Marsilly Charente-Maritime | 3,176 | 11 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Saint-Xandre Charente-Maritime | 5,677 | 11 | B+ | D | A+ | B+ |
| Fontenay-le-Comte | 14,059 | 12 | B+ | B | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
L'Île-d'Elle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8.3 recorded violent incidents and 12.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so L'Île-d'Elle grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
L'Île-d'Elle is a commune of 1,502 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 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.