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1,464 residents make their home in this town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
La Boissière-des-Landes’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,281/m², so 70 m² costs 6.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral. Where it falls short is walkability (D): 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. La Boissière-des-Landes 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.
Each subject compares La Boissière-des-Landes 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.
La Boissière-des-Landes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in La Boissière-des-Landes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Cantaudière, in Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, 5.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Boissière-des-Landes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Boissière-des-Landes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 76 residents of La Boissière-des-Landes died, against 97 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Boissière-des-Landes is Clinique Saint Charles, 6.7 mi away. In Vendée, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
At the census, 4.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. La Boissière-des-Landes holds 600 jobs; 700 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,990 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
21% are under 15, above Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by 24% of adults. Ages in La Boissière-des-Landes split evenly at 40.1: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Boissière-des-Landes | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 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.
51 sales of houses and apartments in La Boissière-des-Landes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,281/m². House rents are put at about €9.48/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,281/m² | 51 |
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.
For collège, the closest is 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Stéphane PiobettaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 91%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in La Boissière-des-Landes.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
La Boissière-des-Landes is a commune of 1,464 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Boissière-des-Landes | 1,464 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Nieul-le-Dolent | 2,571 | 2.8 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Nesmy | 3,100 | 3 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux | 7,191 | 3.9 | A | B | A | A |
| Rives de l'Yon | 4,335 | 5.5 | A− | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups | 2,585 | 7 | — | B− | — | A |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 54,849 | 7.3 | B− | C+ | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Boissière-des-Landes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 6 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 50% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,281/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Boissière-des-Landes grades B for cost of living.
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.