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Home to 1,098 people, this town lies in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
La Chapelle-Hermier’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.5% unemployment. Most journeys need a car (D−). A 70 m² home at the median €2,361/m² costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Achards.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Chapelle-Hermier 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 2 things La Chapelle-Hermier does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Chapelle-Hermier 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 Chapelle-Hermier 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 Chapelle-Hermier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de la Chaize-Giraud, in La Chaize-Giraud, 5 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Chapelle-Hermier.
Unemployment stood at 10.5%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Vendée’s towns (7.7%). At the census, 3.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,930 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The nearest emergency department to La Chapelle-Hermier is Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere, 11.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 53 residents of La Chapelle-Hermier died, against 72 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. Average lifespans in Vendée: 85.5 years for women, 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,361/m², comes from 51 sales of houses and apartments in La Chapelle-Hermier from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.93/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).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,361/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2% of the town. 19% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). At 41.3, the median resident of La Chapelle-Hermier sits in the middle of the age range.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Chapelle-Hermier | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near La Chapelle-Hermier. Best known first.
Nothing in La Chapelle-Hermier 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 La Chapelle-Hermier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Hermier | 1,098 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Coëx | 3,428 | 1.9 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Les Achards | 5,518 | 6.3 | A | C− | A+ | B |
| Aizenay | 10,365 | 6.8 | A | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Brem-sur-Mer | 2,993 | 7.3 | — | C− | — | C |
| Commequiers | 3,735 | 7.6 | — | B | — | B− |
| Bretignolles-sur-Mer | 5,344 | 7.6 | C | C− | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Chapelle-Hermier 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 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,361/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Chapelle-Hermier grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
La Chapelle-Hermier is a commune of 1,098 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Achards. 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.