Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 8,649 people, lies in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Overall, Le Poiré-sur-Vie earns an A+, which places it #3 of 46 in Vendée. Set against the rest, it does better than 98% of compared French towns. Where it does best is schools (A+): brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. It also does well on safety — an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. A 70 m² home at the median €2,252/m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Vie et Boulogne. The catch is walkability (C−) — 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Le Poiré-sur-Vie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Poiré-sur-Vie 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.
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Le Poiré-sur-Vie has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1939.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Poiré-sur-Vie.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #2 of 34 in Vendée. A collège lies 1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé du Puy Chabot PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 151 | 99%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Le Poiré-sur-Vie.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.5% of the index here.
Le Poiré-sur-Vie holds 4,250 jobs; 4,100 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. At the census, 4.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,700 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 543 residents of Le Poiré-sur-Vie died, against 583 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Le Poiré-sur-Vie is Chd site la Roche Sur Yon, 7.6 mi away. Average lifespans in Vendée: 85.5 years for women, 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town. Graduates make up 30% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Le Poiré-sur-Vie | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Le Poiré-sur-Vie is Mégalithe dit La Pierre-des-Farfadets. Also worth knowing: 8.3% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
230 sales of houses and apartments in Le Poiré-sur-Vie, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,252/m². Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. House rents are put at about €9.01/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,250/m² | 226 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Le Poiré-sur-Vie. Best known first.
Le Poiré-sur-Vie has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Mégalithe dit La Pierre-des-Farfadets: Photo: Liberliger · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Le Poiré-sur-Vie.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Poiré-sur-Vie | 8,649 | — | A+ | C+ | A | A− |
| Mouilleron-le-Captif | 5,273 | 3.5 | A+ | B− | A+ | A− |
| Bellevigny | 6,240 | 3.8 | A− | B | A+ | A− |
| Dompierre-sur-Yon | 4,625 | 5.3 | A− | B− | A | C |
| Aizenay | 10,365 | 5.5 | A | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Venansault | 4,757 | 5.6 | A+ | B | A+ | A |
| Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne | 3,701 | 5.8 | — | B | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #10 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns and #2 of 34 in Vendée. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,252/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.45/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Poiré-sur-Vie grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Le Poiré-sur-Vie is a commune of 8,649 people in the Communauté de communes de Vie et Boulogne. 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 November 9, 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.