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In Vendée, Pays de la Loire, this town has 1,377 residents. 39% of residents are 65 or over.
Jobs & income is its strong suit (A−) — 1.4 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €4,196/m² costs 11 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de l'Île de Noirmoutier. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). La Guérinière 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 Guérinière does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Guérinière 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 Guérinière has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Guérinière as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien château, in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near La Guérinière. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Guérinière.
People 65 and over make up 39% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.1% of residents, below Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The age that splits La Guérinière in two is 60.3.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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 Guérinière | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.3% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.1% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.6 mi to the nearest one. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 12.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège MolièreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 40 | 80%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €4,196/m²: 123 houses and apartments sold in La Guérinière between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 93% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,192/m² | 114 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
255 deaths in La Guérinière between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 215: 19% above. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, above both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). Life expectancy at birth in Vendée is 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
8.9% of the labour force were unemployed, above Vendée’s towns (7.7%) but below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in La Guérinière didn’t travel to work at all. The census found one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in La Guérinière is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in La Guérinière.
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 Guérinière | 1,377 | — | — | D | — | C− |
| Noirmoutier-en-l'Île | 4,505 | 3.2 | D− | D− | C | D |
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer | 4,035 | 9.9 | C+ | C− | A | C |
| Saint-Gervais | 2,781 | 12 | — | C+ | — | A |
| La Bernerie-en-Retz Loire-Atlantique | 3,536 | 13 | C | C− | B− | C+ |
| Pornic Loire-Atlantique | 18,745 | 13 | C | D | C+ | B− |
| La Plaine-sur-Mer Loire-Atlantique | 4,760 | 13 | D− | C− | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Guérinière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 20.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 650 jobs for 450 working residents, La Guérinière draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,196/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Guérinière grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
La Guérinière is a commune of 1,377 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Île de Noirmoutier. 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.