Mouchamps has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,667/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Herbiers. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Mouchamps 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 Mouchamps.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Mouchamps sees fewer deaths than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 65 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Mouchamps below both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 182 residents of Mouchamps died, against 250 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−35%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw73
Adjusted65
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Mouchamps · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chd site de Montaigu
18.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chd site la Roche Sur Yon
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 Mouchamps than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.18/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Mouchamps is below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,667/m², comes from 117 sales of houses and apartments in Mouchamps from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,667/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mouchamps€1,667/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,667/m²
115
€10.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.59 to €13.63/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,770
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays des Herbiers
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Mouchamps has lower unemployment than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4%
In the comparison, Mouchamps comes below both Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Mouchamps has 700 jobs for 1,400 working residents, 0.5 per worker. At the census, 5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
700
jobs based in Mouchamps, 0.5 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 28% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Mouchamps: 20% 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.
Mouchamps sits above both Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2009. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Mouchamps: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
Château du Parc Soubise: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Jean de Parthenay (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lieu d'inhumation de Georges Clemenceau: Photo: François Sicard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Spouik · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mouchamps
Is Mouchamps safe?
Mouchamps has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Mouchamps expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,667/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mouchamps grades A− for cost of living.
About Mouchamps
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Mouchamps is a commune of 3,015 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Herbiers. 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.
