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The town, home to 1,100 people, lies in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Prices are modest for what you get (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot — nearly two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Second homes make up 14% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire 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 La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire 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 Caillère-Saint-Hilaire has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.67/m² a month, below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 47 homes in La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire. A house rents for an estimated €6.80/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,119/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
7.1% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population. Among adults, 16% have a degree.
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.
| La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 34% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.2% of commuters at the census. 8.6% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Vendée: 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 247 deaths in La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire from 2016 to 2025; there were 287, 16% more. Its care home for older people (78 places) counts its residents as La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. The nearest emergency department to La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire is Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee, 11.8 mi away.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire; none is classé, France’s top protection. The protected list starts in the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire. Best known first.
The list names few of La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire.
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 Caillère-Saint-Hilaire | 1,100 | — | — | A+ | — | B |
| Chantonnay | 8,557 | 7.1 | B+ | B+ | B− | B− |
| La Châtaigneraie | 2,600 | 8.7 | A− | A | B− | D |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine | 3,611 | 8.8 | A− | A | B− | B− |
| Pouzauges | 5,668 | 11 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Bournezeau | 3,452 | 11 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Le Boupère | 3,151 | 11 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire is a commune of 1,100 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.