Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 4,335 residents and lies in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Rives de l'Yon’s best grade is for safety (A+) — an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its overall A− puts it #25 of 46 in Vendée. That leaves it better than 79% of compared French towns. Cost of living is another plus — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The trade-off is walkability: a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on health as well (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The 2 things Rives de l'Yon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rives de l'Yon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rives de l'Yon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in La Chaize-le-Vicomte, 6.1 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rives de l'Yon.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 24 offenses in Rives de l'Yon in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Rives de l'Yon ranks 2nd of the 46 compared towns in Vendée. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Rives de l'Yon (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 23.7% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rives de l'Yon holds 1,000 jobs; 1,950 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. At the census, 3.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 6.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Rives de l'Yon’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, higher than both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 485 residents of Rives de l'Yon died, against 392 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. Women in Vendée live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 3 general practitioners here.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,912/m², below Vendée’s towns (€2,339/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest. 151 houses and apartments changed hands in Rives de l'Yon from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,912/m² | 150 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.2%, lower than both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Rives de l'Yon are older than 44.2. Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Rives de l'Yon | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Rives de l'Yon. Best known first.
Nothing in Rives de l'Yon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Rives de l'Yon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rives de l'Yon | 4,335 | — | A− | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Nesmy | 3,100 | 3.1 | — | B | — | A+ |
| La Chaize-le-Vicomte | 3,948 | 6.1 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais | 2,808 | 6.8 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux | 7,191 | 6.9 | A | B | A | A |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 54,849 | 6.9 | B− | C+ | C− | B− |
| Nieul-le-Dolent | 2,571 | 8.1 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rives de l'Yon grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Rives de l'Yon is a commune of 4,335 people in the Communauté d'agglomération La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération. 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.