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Population 2,213: a town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Notre-Dame-de-Riez is hard to get around without a car (C−): 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,620/m² costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. Work and incomes lag (C): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. Holiday and other second homes account for 10% of homes.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Notre-Dame-de-Riez 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 Notre-Dame-de-Riez 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.
Notre-Dame-de-Riez has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Notre-Dame-de-Riez does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Notre-Dame-de-Riez counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1924.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Notre-Dame-de-Riez counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Notre-Dame-de-Riez.
4.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 9.1%, between Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
Behind the median of €2,620/m²: 81 houses and apartments sold in Notre-Dame-de-Riez between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 81 homes were sold here. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.90/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,620/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, about level with Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are just over a quarter of the population. Typical age in Notre-Dame-de-Riez: 50.2, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Notre-Dame-de-Riez | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Notre-Dame-de-Riez is Menhir dit La Pierre-au-Trésor-de-la-Triée. Homes from before 1919 make up 3% of the total, below both Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Notre-Dame-de-Riez is Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans, 6.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 292 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 341, 17% 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. The town has one family doctor.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Museums, gardens and other places to visit in and near Notre-Dame-de-Riez. Best known first.
MuseumÉcomusée de la bourrine du Bois-Juquaud4 km west, in Saint-Hilaire-de-RiezGardenGardenLe jardin des Rigonneries2.5 km southwest, in Saint-Hilaire-de-RiezMuseumMuseumMusée Charles Milcendeau3.1 km north, in SoullansMuseumMuseumMusée de la Bourrine du Bois Juquaud4 km west, in Saint-Hilaire-de-RiezAttractionAttractionMarais salants de la Vie4.6 km southwest, in Saint-Hilaire-de-RiezPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Notre-Dame-de-Riez yet.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Notre-Dame-de-Riez is a commune of 2,213 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-de-Riez | 2,213 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Le Fenouiller | 4,978 | 2.7 | A− | C− | A+ | B |
| Commequiers | 3,735 | 3.1 | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez | 13,074 | 3.3 | B− | C− | B− | C+ |
| Soullans | 4,654 | 3.4 | B | C | A | B− |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie | 8,333 | 4.3 | B | D | C | B |
| Challans | 22,943 | 6.3 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Notre-Dame-de-Riez has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,620/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.45/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Notre-Dame-de-Riez grades C for cost of living.
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.