Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais’s best grade is for health (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability: 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,727/m² takes 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Sud Vendée Littoral. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
What makes Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais stand out
The 2 things Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Église · Classé · Photo: Tux-Man · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais’ story
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1877.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Prosper Deshayes, born in 1833, is the one person born in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais.
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 23% of adults
Over-65s are 30% of the population. 16% are under 15, near Vendée’s towns (16%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais has a median age of 50.4.
50.4median age
Mareuil-sur-Lay-DissaisVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais’ ages would predict, 81 per 100 expected, under Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais is Centre hospitalier site de Lucon, 6.3 mi away. 403 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 394: 2% above. Life expectancy in Vendée: 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 4 family doctors.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site de Lucon
12.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Charles
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A home in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais sells for €1,727/m², less than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.26/m² a month, below Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.52/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 125 homes in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais.
€1,727/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais€1,727/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,731/m²
121
€10.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.28 to €12.71/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.52/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
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Only 5.8% of commuters in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais go to work without a car, fewer than in Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs located in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais: 750, for 1,100 residents in work (0.7 each). Median disposable income comes to €24,760 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 8.1%, close to Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
750
jobs based in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais, 0.7 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.9 cases of violence against people and 7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 26 offenses in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais (2025).
3.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage18
Sexual violence8
Armed robbery0
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.
3.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
43.1%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 43.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château Marie du Fou and 2 more in and around Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Heritage in and near Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Is Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais safe?
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais grades B+ for cost of living.
About Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais is a commune of 2,808 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.
