Health is its strong suit (A+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is another plus — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 4% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Rives-du-Fougerais 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 Rives-du-Fougerais 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 Rives-du-Fougerais.
HealthHealth A+
Mortality in Rives-du-Fougerais, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Vendée’s towns and compared French towns: 66 per 100 expected
−34%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Vendée is 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 103 deaths in Rives-du-Fougerais between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 157: 34% below. The nearest emergency department to Rives-du-Fougerais is Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee, 9.8 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw66
Adjusted66
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Rives-du-Fougerais · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
9.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier site du Pole Sante Sud Vendee
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rives-du-Fougerais is harder to get around on foot than 94% of compared French towns
5%walk, cycle or take transit
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.8% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €23,940 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 7.5%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
300
jobs based in Rives-du-Fougerais, 0.5 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 6% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Homes in Rives-du-Fougerais cost less than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,111/m²
€1,111/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.85/m² a month, below Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Sales in Rives-du-Fougerais from July 2023 to June 2026: 63 houses and apartments. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €6.80/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rives-du-Fougerais€1,111/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,111/m²
63
€9.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.67 to €12.65/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,810
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Rives-du-Fougerais than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 15% of adults
46.7median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.5% of residents, near Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Rives-du-Fougerais by age and the one in the middle is 46.7. Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents.
Rives-du-FougeraisVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Rives-du-Fougerais is a commune of 1,500 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. 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
1,500 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie
Département
Vendée (85)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
16.6 sq mi (43 km²)
INSEE code
85292
Rives-du-Fougerais’ 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 Rives-du-Fougerais
Is Rives-du-Fougerais safe?
Rives-du-Fougerais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Rives-du-Fougerais expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rives-du-Fougerais grades A− 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.
