La Bruffière has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. At the median price of €2,064/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 4.6% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares La Bruffière 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape La Bruffière: 13% were built before 1919, more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in La Bruffière, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
La Bruffière has a lower adjusted death rate than 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Vendée: 85.5 years for women, 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 375 deaths in La Bruffière between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 333: 12% above. Its care home for older people (87 places) counts its residents as La Bruffière’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. The nearest emergency department to La Bruffière is Chd site de Montaigu, 6.3 mi away.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in La Bruffière · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chd site de Montaigu
14 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
La Bruffière has lower unemployment than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6%
At the census, 7.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,600 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
1,300
jobs based in La Bruffière, 0.7 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 47% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
La Bruffière is graded a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,064/m², comes from 113 sales of houses and apartments in La Bruffière from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.94/m² a month. Houses were 98% of what sold.
€2,064/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Bruffière€2,064/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,094/m²
111
€12.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.56 to €15.28/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,540
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Bruffière
Is La Bruffière safe?
La Bruffière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is La Bruffière expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,064/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.09/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Bruffière grades B− for cost of living.
About La Bruffière
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
La Bruffière is a commune of 3,987 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu. 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
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.
