La Chaize-Giraud has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 45% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,475/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
What makes La Chaize-Giraud stand out
The 2 things La Chaize-Giraud does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Chaize-Giraud 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Chaize-Giraud.
Who lives here
An older town: 32% of people in La Chaize-Giraud are 65 or over, more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. Ages in La Chaize-Giraud split evenly at 50.3: half are older, half younger.
50.3median age
La Chaize-GiraudVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Fewer people in La Chaize-Giraud are out of work than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.6%
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,210 a year per consumption unit. 2.3% of La Chaize-Giraud’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
400
jobs based in La Chaize-Giraud, 0.9 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 26% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in La Chaize-Giraud, 92 per 100, but more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Vendée, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 182 residents of La Chaize-Giraud died, against 151 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. The nearest emergency department to La Chaize-Giraud is Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere, 9.7 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners locally.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in La Chaize-Giraud · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere
9.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
La Chaize-Giraud has 1 historic monument, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in La Chaize-Giraud is Église de la Chaize-Giraud. The pre-1919 share of homes is 3.7%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
La Chaize-Giraud’s grade for cost of living: a C+
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,475/m²: 65 houses and apartments sold in La Chaize-Giraud between July 2023 and June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.43/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.81/m² a month, near both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,475/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Chaize-Giraud€2,475/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,475/m²
65
€11.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.32 to €14.95/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,690
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Chaize-Giraud
Is La Chaize-Giraud safe?
La Chaize-Giraud has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is La Chaize-Giraud expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,475/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Chaize-Giraud grades C+ for cost of living.
About La Chaize-Giraud
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
La Chaize-Giraud is a commune of 1,124 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. 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
Population
1,124 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
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.
