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Some 1,233 people live in this town, in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin’s strongest is cost of living (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €1,400/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin 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.
The one thing Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin 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.
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,570 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). 6.9% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.36/m² a month. 49 houses and apartments changed hands in Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,400/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The age that splits Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin in two is 45.3. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with both Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 40% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 99 residents of Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin died, against 115 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin is Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee, 7.6 mi away. Life expectancy in Vendée: 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The list names few of Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien prieuré: Photo: Zazmatus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin | 1,233 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine | 3,611 | 7.1 | A− | A | B− | B− |
| Luçon | 9,417 | 8.6 | C+ | B+ | C− | C+ |
| Fontenay-le-Comte | 14,059 | 8.8 | B+ | B | C− | B+ |
| Marans Charente-Maritime | 4,476 | 11 | B | B− | B− | B− |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais | 2,808 | 12 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Bournezeau | 3,452 | 14 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin is a commune of 1,233 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.