Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,938 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Les Brouzils has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. At the median price of €1,830/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% 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.
The 2 things Les Brouzils does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Brouzils 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.
Les Brouzils has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Brouzils as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de la Petite-Roche, in Montréverd, 4.7 mi away.
12% 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 Les Brouzils.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Vendée can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 317 deaths in Les Brouzils between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 340: 7% below. One GP practises locally.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.9 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #9 of 34 in Vendée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de l'Espérance PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 80 | 95%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
11% of the population is aged 15 to 24, above both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Les Brouzils are older than 42.3. Among adults, 29% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Les Brouzils | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,830/m², comes from 109 sales of houses and apartments in Les Brouzils from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.05/m² a month, near Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.04/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,830/m² | 109 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For its 1,450 residents in work, Les Brouzils has 950 jobs: 0.6 each. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, between Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,670 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Les Brouzils. Best known first.
Nothing in Les Brouzils 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 Les Brouzils 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Brouzils | 2,938 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| L'Herbergement | 3,482 | 2.8 | — | B | — | C− |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers | 3,726 | 3.7 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Chauché | 2,613 | 4.7 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Montréverd | 3,857 | 5.2 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Montaigu-Vendée | 21,134 | 5.8 | A+ | C | A− | A− |
| Saint-Fulgent | 3,994 | 7.3 | A+ | B | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Brouzils has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #9 of 34 in Vendée. 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 €1,830/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Brouzils grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Les Brouzils is a commune of 2,938 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. 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.