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Over-65s are 30% of the population. It is a town of 1,486 residents in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Les Magnils-Reigniers’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is its weak spot: half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Les Magnils-Reigniers 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.
Each subject compares Les Magnils-Reigniers 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 Magnils-Reigniers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Les Magnils-Reigniers does most differently from other towns.
Les Magnils-Reigniers has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1906.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The list names few of Les Magnils-Reigniers’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Prieuré (ancien): Photo: Spouik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Magnils-Reigniers.
5.5% of people in the labour force have no job. Jobs based in Les Magnils-Reigniers number 150, against 650 residents in work (0.3 per worker). The median disposable income was €25,220 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Vendée’s towns (€26,310).
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.
Average lifespans in Vendée: 85.5 years for women, 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 104 deaths in Les Magnils-Reigniers between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 133: 22% below. The nearest emergency department to Les Magnils-Reigniers is Centre hospitalier site de Lucon, 2 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
21% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, higher than both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Les Magnils-Reigniers | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 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.
Behind the median of €1,745/m²: 51 houses and apartments sold in Les Magnils-Reigniers between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,745/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Les Magnils-Reigniers is Prieuré (ancien). Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Les Magnils-Reigniers is 93.3%, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Vendée’s towns (97.1%). For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sainte-Ursule PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 159 | 97%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Ursule PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 100 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège Arnaud BeltrameBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 132 | 86%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 9.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.6 (2023–2025 average). In all, 7 offenses reached the police record in Les Magnils-Reigniers in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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 · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (62.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Les Magnils-Reigniers. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Luçon3.4 km east, in LuçonHistoric houseHistoric housePalais épiscopal de Luçon3.4 km east, in LuçonGardenGardenJardin Dumaine3 km east, in LuçonAttractionAttractionAncienne pompe à eau3 km east, in LuçonWater parkWater parkCentre aquatique Port’Océane3.5 km southeast, in LuçonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Magnils-Reigniers yet.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Les Magnils-Reigniers is a commune of 1,486 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
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 Magnils-Reigniers | 1,486 | — | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Luçon | 9,417 | 2 | C+ | B+ | C− | C+ |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais | 2,808 | 4.8 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine | 3,611 | 8.8 | A− | A | B− | B− |
| Angles | 3,115 | 10 | — | C− | — | C |
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île | 2,845 | 10 | C− | D | C+ | B |
| Rives de l'Yon | 4,335 | 11 | A− | B+ | A+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Magnils-Reigniers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 100 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Sainte-Ursule in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,745/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Les Magnils-Reigniers grades C+ for cost of living.
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 8, 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.