Le Bernard has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 14.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,522/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Le Bernard 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Bernard.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Le Bernard, 14.4%, runs above Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
On this, Le Bernard is above both Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
200
jobs based in Le Bernard, 0.4 per working resident
14.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Le Bernard’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 67% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 102 residents of Le Bernard died, against 124 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Le Bernard · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site de Lucon
14.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Le Bernard is rich in protected monuments: 45 per 10,000 residents, more than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Le Bernard, that is above both Vendée’s towns (2.5) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1991. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Le Bernard: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Le Bernard costs less than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.26/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Le Bernard sits below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €2,522/m², comes from 69 sales of houses and apartments in Le Bernard from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,522/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Bernard€2,522/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,522/m²
69
€10.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.28 to €12.71/m² a month)
6.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,000
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral
Dolmen dit de la Frébouchère: Photo: Chatmouettes · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen dit de la Pierre-Folle-du-Plessis-du-Bernard: Photo: Maugis85 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Deux menhirs du Plessis: Photo: Alf van Beem · CC0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Bernard
Is Le Bernard safe?
Le Bernard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Le Bernard expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Le Bernard grades B− for cost of living.
About Le Bernard
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Le Bernard is a commune of 1,319 people in the Communauté de communes Vendée Grand 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
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.
