Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability. The median price paid is €1,280/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Mouilleron-Saint-Germain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Mouilleron-Saint-Germain 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 Mouilleron-Saint-Germain.
HealthHealth D−
Mouilleron-Saint-Germain loses more people than its age profile suggests, 122 per 100 expected, above Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Mouilleron-Saint-Germain is Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee, 14.4 mi away. 307 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 195: 58% above. Average lifespans in Vendée: 85.5 years for women, 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. One GP practises locally.
+22%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw158
Adjusted122
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Mouilleron-Saint-Germain · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
14.4 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
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Mouilleron-Saint-Germain keeps more of its old housing than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Mouilleron-Saint-Germain has 29 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Vendée’s towns (2.5) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in the town, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century. 3 of the 5 are houses and mansions.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Mouilleron-Saint-Germain than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 17% of adults
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, higher than both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.
46.6median age
Mouilleron-Saint-GermainVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Mouilleron-Saint-Germain run lower than in Vendée’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €23,830 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 7.6%, close to Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Mouilleron-Saint-Germain number 900, against 700 residents in work (1.3 per worker). 8.0% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
900
jobs based in Mouilleron-Saint-Germain, 1.3 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mouilleron-Saint-Germain
Is Mouilleron-Saint-Germain safe?
Mouilleron-Saint-Germain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Mouilleron-Saint-Germain expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mouilleron-Saint-Germain grades A for cost of living.
About Mouilleron-Saint-Germain
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Mouilleron-Saint-Germain is a commune of 1,744 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. 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
1,744 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie
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.
