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Population 1,213: a town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes’s strongest subject is schools — brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,329/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes 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 Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes 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.
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1988.
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes.
At the census, 3.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €24,860 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 8.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes, 95.0% passed the brevet, above both Vendée’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%). General-bac pupils go 10.3 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Corentin RiouNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 95%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Vendée, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 81 deaths in Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 73: 11% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes is Clinique Saint Charles, 10.5 mi away.
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.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Residents of Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes have a median age of 41.8.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up 9% of the total, higher than 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,329/m², comes from 54 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,329/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes yet.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes is a commune of 1,213 people in the Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes | 1,213 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Nieul-le-Dolent | 2,571 | 4.3 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Nesmy | 3,100 | 6.6 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Longeville-sur-Mer | 2,625 | 6.7 | C | D | B− | B− |
| Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux | 7,191 | 7.2 | A | B | A | A |
| Talmont-Saint-Hilaire | 8,492 | 7.9 | C | D | B | C+ |
| Jard-sur-Mer | 3,235 | 8 | C+ | D | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,329/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes grades B 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.