Schools are its strong suit (A) — brevet results 4.5 points above the expected rate. Its weakest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,358/m² costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral. 11% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits 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 Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
On foot, Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits works better than 76% of compared French towns
10%walk, cycle or take transit
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits holds 950 jobs; 950 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. The median disposable income is €24,420 a year per consumption unit. The unemployment rate comes to 8.7%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
950
jobs based in Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, 1 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits sees more deaths than 71% of compared French towns
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits records 96 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 283 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 328, 16% more. The nearest emergency department to Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits is Clinique Saint Charles, 11.4 mi away. Women in Vendée live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Charles
11.4 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
Degrees are less common in Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
47.4median age
Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than Vendée’s towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). 28% of residents are 65 or over. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.5%.
Moutiers-les-MauxfaitsVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in the town is Château de la Cantaudière. Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.26/m² a month
€2,358/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,358/m², comes from 88 sales of houses and apartments in Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 99% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits€2,358/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,356/m²
87
€10.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.28 to €12.71/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,000
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Among the graded crimes in Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 8.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.9 (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses here came to 17 in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Family violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
Theft without violence6
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
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
41.8%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 41.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits is a commune of 2,385 people in the Communauté de communes Vendée Grand 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
Population
2,385 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral
Département
Vendée (85)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
3.6 sq mi (9.3 km²)
INSEE code
85156
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits
Is Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits safe?
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits good?
They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,358/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits grades B for cost of living.
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.
