Little here grades badly. Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Mortagne-sur-Sèvre’s overall grade, A+, puts it better than 98% of compared French towns. That places it #2 of 46 in Vendée. Homes sell for a median €2,151/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mortagne. Households here earn well: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Mortagne-sur-Sèvre 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Église · Classé · Photo: Spouik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre’s story
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1906.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1996.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre records less crime per resident than 73% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre came to 94 in 2025. This Vendée town has 3,900 jobs for 2,750 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.3 violent offenses and 11.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
5.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage48
Other physical violence16
Family violence12
Sexual violence10
Theft from vehicles8
Armed robbery0
Fraud41
Theft without violence20
Drug use5
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.
5.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
94
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.5%
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 burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 5.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HealthHealth B
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre has a lower adjusted death rate than 65% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre has 8 family doctors. Adjusted for age and care homes, Mortagne-sur-Sèvre records 83 deaths per 100 expected, about level with Vendée’s towns (85) and below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 596 residents of Mortagne-sur-Sèvre died, against 588 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Vendée can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
4.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.20/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,151/m²: 177 houses and apartments sold in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 99% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 177 homes were sold in the town.
€2,151/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre€2,151/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,155/m²
176
€10.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.60 to €13.69/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Mortagne
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre has lower unemployment than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2%
7.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Half of residents lived on more than €26,260 a year per consumption unit, close to both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
3,900
jobs based in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, 1.4 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents. Residents of Mortagne-sur-Sèvre have a median age of 46.8. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, below Vendée’s towns (23%) and close to compared French towns (22%).
46.8median age
Mortagne-sur-SèvreVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education26%
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%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Is Mortagne-sur-Sèvre safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #23 of 46 in Vendée.
Are schools in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #1 of 34 in Vendée. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mortagne-sur-Sèvre expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,151/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mortagne-sur-Sèvre grades B for cost of living.
About Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre is a commune of 6,057 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
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.
