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A town of 5,454 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
La Ferrière grades A+ overall: better than 97% of compared French towns, and #7 of 46 in Vendée. At the median price of €2,165/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing La Ferrière does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Ferrière 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in La Ferrière as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in La Chaize-le-Vicomte, 3.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Ferrière.
Of the graded crimes in La Ferrière, criminal damage came up most often (2025). 53 offenses were reported in La Ferrière during 2025.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 6.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of La Ferrière can choose among 6 GPs. At birth, a girl in Vendée can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 489 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 452, 8% fewer.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,165/m², comes from 157 sales of houses and apartments in La Ferrière from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 99% were houses. House rents are put at about €9.24/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,165/m² | 155 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
6.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Jobs based in La Ferrière number 1,800, against 2,550 residents in work (0.7 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
32% of adults hold a degree, above both Vendée’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town. The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Ferrière | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Ferrière is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm La Ferrière as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 Ferrière | 5,454 | — | A+ | B | A | A− |
| La Chaize-le-Vicomte | 3,948 | 3.3 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Dompierre-sur-Yon | 4,625 | 3.6 | A− | B− | A | C |
| Essarts-en-Bocage | 6,851 | 5.6 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 54,849 | 6 | B− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Mouilleron-le-Captif | 5,273 | 6.4 | A+ | B− | A+ | A− |
| Saint-Martin-des-Noyers | 2,560 | 6.5 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #15 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,165/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Ferrière grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
La Ferrière is a commune of 5,454 people in the Communauté d'agglomération La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération. 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 October 30, 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.