Mervent has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Mervent 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 Mervent.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
On foot, Mervent works less well than 93% of compared French towns
4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Mervent has 200 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The median disposable income is €24,070 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Mervent, 0.5 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Mervent’s ages would predict, 113 per 100 expected, above Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Mervent above both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 109 residents of Mervent died, against 97 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+13%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted113
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Mervent · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
6 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
Renting in Mervent costs less than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.67/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Mervent is below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,482/m², comes from 60 sales of houses and apartments in Mervent from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,482/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mervent€1,482/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,482/m²
60
€8.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.66 to €11.29/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,500
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays de Fontenay-Vendée
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Mervent: 18% 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.
For Mervent, that is above both Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Mervent: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Mervent is Pont des Ouillères (vieux).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mervent
Is Mervent safe?
Mervent has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.1 recorded violent incidents and 11.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Mervent expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,482/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mervent grades A for cost of living.
About Mervent
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Mervent is a commune of 1,063 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. 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.
