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MallièvreVendée

A town of 251 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.

Population

251

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€10.09

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Median income

€26,070

a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Mallièvre a good place to live?

Mallièvre is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Mallièvre stand out

The one thing Mallièvre does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

17% are second homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Mallièvre’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.

Mallièvre’s story

No historic monuments in Mallièvre

The Culture ministry lists no building in Mallièvre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château du Puy-du-Fou, in Les Epesses, 3.3 mi away.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1996.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1996The protected historic area is created

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mallièvre.

Who lives here

Mallièvre has fewer young adults than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, lower than both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 19% of the population here. Among adults, 37% have a degree.

42.7median age

MallièvreVendée medianFrance median

Vendée medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

18%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%

CAP or BEP26%

Baccalauréat22%

Higher education37%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mallièvre
	Mallièvre	Vendée median	France median
Under 15	19%	16%	17%
15–24	6.3%	9.9%	11%
25–44	28%	21%	23%
45–64	28%	27%	26%
65+	18%	23%	22%
No diploma	11%	19%	19%
CAP or BEP	26%	30%	26%
Baccalauréat	22%	19%	18%
Higher education	37%	26%	30%

Full pageMallièvre’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages42.7 median age · 18% are 65 or over Households120 households · 2.2 people per household Born abroad2.6% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Mallièvre?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 2.4% of commuters in Mallièvre go to work without a car, fewer than in Vendée’s towns and compared French towns

No commute at all: 3.0% of working residents in Mallièvre at the census. Unemployment stands at 8.0%.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%

Motorbike or scooter3%

On foot2%

Public transport1%

Bicycle0%

jobs based in Mallièvre, 0.2 per working resident

8.0%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€26,070

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

worked without traveling (at or from home)

Full pageMallièvre’s work & commute pageOpen the page

Getting to work2% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here0.2 per working resident Median income€26,070 a year · Median income per consumption unit

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mallièvre than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.09/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €8.00/m² a month. Sales in Mallièvre from July 2023 to June 2026: 13 houses and apartments.

€10.09/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mallièvre€10.09/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Vendée median€11.32/m²

€10.09/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.53 to €13.52/m² a month)

€8.00/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageMallièvre’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€10.09/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mallièvre

12pages on Mallièvre

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 9.2 mi away Work & commute0 jobs based here Housing13 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

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The story

Who lives hereMedian age 42.7 HistoryNo historic monument here; the nearest ones Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Nothing in Mallièvre is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Classé

Château du Puy-du-FouChâteau · 11th–16th c. · in Les Epesses, 3.3 mi

Classé

Domaine du château de la BlandinièreChâteau · 15th & 16th c. · in Mauléon, 4.2 mi

Classé

Deux polissoirsMonument · Prehistory · in Pouzauges, 7.9 mi

Classé

Menhir dit La Pierre au selStanding stone · Prehistory · in Maulévrier, 8.1 mi

Famous people from Mallièvre

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mallièvre yet.

How we find them →

Mallièvre’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Vendée →

Les EpessesSaint-Laurent-sur-SèvreSèvremontMauléonLa TessoualleChanverrieMallièvre

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Mallièvre	251	—	—	—	—	—
Les Epesses	2,983	2.5	—	B⁺	—	A⁺
Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre	3,550	3.5	—	B⁺	—	B
Sèvremont	6,385	5.4	A⁺	B	A⁺	A
Mauléon Deux-Sèvres	8,573	5.4	A⁺	A⁻	A	B
La Tessoualle Maine-et-Loire	3,167	6.6	—	B⁻	—	A⁻
Chanverrie	5,653	6.6	—	B⁺	—	A⁺

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Mallièvre

Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire

Mallièvre is a commune of 251 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mortagne. 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

Population: 251 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes du Pays de Mortagne
Département: Vendée (85)
Région: Pays de la Loire
Area: 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km²)
INSEE code: 85134

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.