Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 550 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
La Taillée is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing La Taillée does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Taillée as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne (ancienne), in Marans, 5.9 mi away.
31% 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 Taillée.
Line up the people of La Taillée by age and the one in the middle is 46.5. One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Taillée | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in La Taillée: 100, for 200 residents in work (0.4 each). 11.4% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 6.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and below compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
House rents are put at about €9.62/m² a month. The market in La Taillée: 22 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in La Taillée 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 Taillée 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 Taillée | 550 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marans Charente-Maritime | 4,476 | 5.7 | B | B− | B− | B− |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay Charente-Maritime | 3,063 | 8.1 | — | C | — | A |
| Fontenay-le-Comte | 14,059 | 8.5 | B+ | B | C− | B+ |
| Luçon | 9,417 | 12 | C+ | B+ | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine | 3,611 | 13 | A− | A | B− | B− |
| Sainte-Soulle Charente-Maritime | 5,034 | 14 | — | C− | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
La Taillée is a commune of 550 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Vendée Littoral. 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) · 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.