Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns (D): brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Walkability is its strong suit (B+): 50% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Noirmoutier-en-l'Île 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 Noirmoutier-en-l'Île.
HousingCost of living D−
Homes in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île cost more than in Vendée’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €5,228/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, houses go for €5,378/m² and apartments for €4,616/m². The town is the second most expensive of the 75 towns in Vendée, at €5,228/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €15.05/m² a month, above Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike.
€5,228/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Noirmoutier-en-l'Île€5,228/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,378/m²
294
Apartments
€4,616/m²
38
€15.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.95 to €18.96/m² a month)
13.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,640
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Île de Noirmoutier
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 9.5% are under 15
The 15-to-24 age group: 7.2%, below both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up nearly two fifths of the town. Degrees are held by 20% of adults.
59.2median age
Noirmoutier-en-l'ÎleVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
More protected monuments for its size in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île than in Vendée or compared French towns: 20 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 1991, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. On the Culture ministry’s list, Noirmoutier-en-l'Île counts 9 historic monuments: 5 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Dolmen dégradé situé à la pointe de l'Herbaudière. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
Brevet results near Noirmoutier-en-l'Île run low: 80.0% passed, below Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #33 of 34 in Vendée. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 11 mi away. Collège pupils travel 1 mi to the nearest one.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Noirmoutier-en-l'Île is 17.7 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 5 general practitioners in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 105 per 100 expected, higher than both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 730 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 861, 18% more. At birth, a girl in Vendée can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire
17.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Nazaire
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île are out of work than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 11.6%
Noirmoutier-en-l'Île has 2,250 jobs for 1,500 working residents, 1.5 per worker. Households’ median disposable income: €27,310 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 6.9% of working residents here at the census.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
Bicycle9%
On foot8%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport2%
2,250
jobs based in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, 1.5 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île than in 69% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 108 offenses in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île. Graded property crimes ran at 18.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7.8 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
7.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage64
Sexual violence15
Other physical violence14
Family violence10
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence94
Fraud35
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.
7.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
108
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.0%
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 vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Ancien château: Photo: User Nomorsad on fr.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Phares de l'Ile du Pilier: Photo: Original téléversé par Darjeeling sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Abbaye de la Blanche: Photo: Pierre Gouard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Noirmoutier-en-l'Île
2 notable people were born in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Noirmoutier-en-l'Île
Is Noirmoutier-en-l'Île safe?
It grades C for safety, #40 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 64 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île good?
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Noirmoutier-en-l'Île expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Noirmoutier-en-l'Île grades D− for cost of living.
About Noirmoutier-en-l'Île
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Noirmoutier-en-l'Île is a commune of 4,505 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Île de Noirmoutier. 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.
