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A town of 1,250 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
L'Oie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things L'Oie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares L'Oie 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'Oie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château du Parc Soubise, in Mouchamps, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in L'Oie.
14% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 20%, above Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Line up the people of L'Oie by age and the one in the middle is 40.4.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| L'Oie | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.02/m² a month, below Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €8.74/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,519/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For its 650 residents in work, L'Oie has 300 jobs: 0.4 each. At the census, nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in L'Oie, other physical violence came up most often (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 1.7 cases of violence against people and 1.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (100.0% of the index here).
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near L'Oie. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau du Parc-Soubise3.5 km northeast, in MouchampsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vendrennes3.7 km north, in VendrennesAttractionAttractionÉcole de Sainte-Florence1.7 km west, in Sainte-FlorenceMuseumMuseumEspace Gaston Chaissac1.7 km west, in Sainte-FlorenceChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Bobinière2.9 km southeast, in MouchampsChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Bonnière2.2 km east, in MouchampsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in L'Oie 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'Oie 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'Oie | 1,250 | — | — | A− | — | — |
| Mouchamps | 3,015 | 3.6 | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Saint-Fulgent | 3,994 | 4.9 | A+ | B | A | B+ |
| Essarts-en-Bocage | 6,851 | 5.5 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Martin-des-Noyers | 2,560 | 5.6 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Chauché | 2,613 | 7.2 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Les Herbiers | 16,521 | 7.4 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
L'Oie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
L'Oie grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
L'Oie is a commune of 1,250 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. 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.