Luçon grades C+ overall: better than 43% of compared French towns, and #36 of 46 in Vendée. Its weakest subject is safety (C−): an average of 12.2 recorded violent incidents and 19.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,963/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Sud Vendée Littoral. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Luçon 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 Luçon.
Who lives here
Children make up only 10% of Luçon, fewer than in Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Luçon sits below both Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. 36% of residents are 65 or over.
56.2median age
LuçonVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Luçon records more crime per resident than 85% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 292 offenses in the graded categories in Luçon in 2025. Luçon comes 45th of the 46 compared towns in Vendée on the Safety Grade. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.1% of the index here.
12.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage131
Family violence43
Burglary32
Other physical violence29
Sexual violence26
Theft from vehicles19
Vehicle theft12
Theft without violence86
Fraud66
Drug use6
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.
12.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
292
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
More people in Luçon are out of work than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 11.6%
That puts Luçon above both Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Luçon has 5,950 jobs for 3,200 working residents, 1.9 per worker. At the census, 16.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot9%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
5,950
jobs based in Luçon, 1.9 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
6 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2000
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Luçon: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2000. 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Luçon costs less than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.52/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Luçon is below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,963/m², comes from 437 sales of houses and apartments in Luçon from July 2023 to June 2026. In Luçon, houses go for €2,012/m² and apartments for €1,778/m².
€1,963/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Luçon€1,963/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,012/m²
378
Apartments
€1,778/m²
59
€9.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.12 to €12.71/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,930
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sud Vendée Littoral
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Luçon sees 91 deaths per 100 expected, against 85 in Vendée’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,486 residents of Luçon died, against 1,423 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Its care home for older people (218 places) counts its residents as Luçon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Luçon · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site de Lucon
16.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
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Luçon’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Luçon
Is Luçon safe?
It grades C− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 131 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Luçon good?
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns and #30 of 34 in Vendée. 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.
Is Luçon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,963/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Luçon grades B+ for cost of living.
About Luçon
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Luçon is a commune of 9,417 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
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.
