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1,485 people call this town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire home.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,344/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pouzauges. Most journeys need a car (D).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Meilleraie-Tillay 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.
Each subject compares La Meilleraie-Tillay 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 Meilleraie-Tillay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing La Meilleraie-Tillay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Meilleraie-Tillay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du Vieux-Pouzauges, in Pouzauges, 2.2 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Meilleraie-Tillay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Meilleraie-Tillay.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 112 residents of La Meilleraie-Tillay died, against 158 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Meilleraie-Tillay is Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee, 19.2 mi away. At birth, a girl in Vendée can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Of those in the labour force, 6.8% are unemployed. 4.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. La Meilleraie-Tillay has 500 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,344/m²: 54 houses and apartments sold in La Meilleraie-Tillay between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.23/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,344/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gaston ChaissacNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 69%−16 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de la Tourtelière PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 117 | 100%+2 pts |
| Collège Antoine de Saint-Exupéry PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 157 | 96%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16%, close to Vendée’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Typical age in La Meilleraie-Tillay: 49.1, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Meilleraie-Tillay | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near La Meilleraie-Tillay. Best known first.
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Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
La Meilleraie-Tillay is a commune of 1,485 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pouzauges. 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
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 Meilleraie-Tillay | 1,485 | — | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Pouzauges | 5,668 | 2.4 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Le Boupère | 3,151 | 5.3 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Sèvremont | 6,385 | 6.2 | A+ | B | A+ | A |
| La Châtaigneraie | 2,600 | 8.2 | A− | A | B− | D |
| Cerizay Deux-Sèvres | 4,793 | 9.6 | B+ | A | B+ | B |
| Les Epesses | 2,983 | 10 | — | B+ | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Meilleraie-Tillay 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 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 117 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de la Tourtelière in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,344/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Meilleraie-Tillay grades A− for cost of living.
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 8, 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.