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Population 1,519: a town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
A 70 m² home at the median €2,722/m² costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. The local economy is weaker than most (C−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too: 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 21% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Landevieille 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 one thing Landevieille does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Landevieille 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.
Landevieille 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 Landevieille 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, 0.8 mi away.
3.5% 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 Landevieille.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,722/m²: 67 houses and apartments sold in Landevieille between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.50/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.81/m² a month, about level with both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,722/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,400 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 18%, above Vendée’s towns (16%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 25% of the population. Graduates make up a fifth of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Landevieille | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
122 deaths in Landevieille between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 136: 10% below. The nearest emergency department to Landevieille is Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere, 9.1 mi away. Life expectancy in Vendée: 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025); France averages 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Heritage and family days out in and near Landevieille. Best known first.
Nothing in Landevieille 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 Landevieille 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landevieille | 1,519 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Brem-sur-Mer | 2,993 | 2.8 | — | C− | — | C |
| Bretignolles-sur-Mer | 5,344 | 3 | C | C− | B− | B− |
| Coëx | 3,428 | 4.5 | — | C+ | — | C |
| L'Île-d'Olonne | 2,802 | 5.2 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie | 8,333 | 6.9 | B | D | C | B |
| Le Fenouiller | 4,978 | 6.9 | A− | C− | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Landevieille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 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.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,722/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Landevieille grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Landevieille is a commune of 1,519 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. 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.