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This town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire has a population of 2,419.
Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse’s best grade is for jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment. At €1,831/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Vie et Boulogne. Walkability is its weak spot (C) — 62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse 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.
The 2 things Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse 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-Denis-la-Chevasse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église (ancienne), in Bellevigny, 4.3 mi away.
13% 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 Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse.
At the census, 4.3% of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €26,610 a year per consumption unit, close to both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents. Line up the people of Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse by age and the one in the middle is 38.8. Graduates make up 27% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
78 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,831/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,831/m² | 78 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (58 places) counts its residents as Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 213 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 239, 12% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse is Chd site de Montaigu, 10.3 mi away. At birth, a girl in Vendée can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse yet.
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-Denis-la-Chevasse | 2,419 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Bellevigny | 6,240 | 3.9 | A− | B | A+ | A− |
| Chauché | 2,613 | 4.4 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Les Brouzils | 2,938 | 4.7 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Dompierre-sur-Yon | 4,625 | 5.9 | A− | B− | A | C |
| L'Herbergement | 3,482 | 6 | — | B | — | C− |
| Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne | 3,701 | 6.2 | — | B | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,831/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse is a commune of 2,419 people in the Communauté de communes de Vie et Boulogne. 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.