Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Vendée, Pays de la Loire, this town has 2,727 residents.
Residents are healthier than most (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,084/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Challans-Gois Communauté. Its weakest is walkability: 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron 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-Christophe-du-Ligneron has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne commanderie de templiers de Coudrie, in Challans, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Vendée: 85.5 years for women, 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 307 deaths in Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron from 2016 to 2025; there were 316, 3% more. 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
The median disposable income was €24,610 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron has 650 jobs for 1,300 working residents, 0.5 per worker. Unemployment runs at 7.0%.
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.
90 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,084/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,084/m² | 90 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% are under 15, above Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population. Typical age in Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron: 42.8, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Over 2025, Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron logged 29 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 6.9. More of the graded crimes here were family violence than anything else (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, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 44.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron yet.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron is a commune of 2,727 people in the Communauté de communes Challans-Gois Communauté. 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-Christophe-du-Ligneron | 2,727 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Commequiers | 3,735 | 5.6 | — | B | — | B− |
| Challans | 22,943 | 5.8 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| La Garnache | 5,515 | 6.1 | A− | C+ | A | A− |
| Soullans | 4,654 | 7 | B | C | A | B− |
| Coëx | 3,428 | 8.4 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Aizenay | 10,365 | 8.9 | A | C+ | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,084/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron 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.