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A town of 3,994 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Saint-Fulgent grades A+ overall: better than 98% of compared French towns, and #5 of 46 in Vendée. At the median price of €1,917/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Saint-Fulgent does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Fulgent 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.
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Saint-Fulgent has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
Charles de Royrand, born in 1726, is the one person born in Saint-Fulgent before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Fulgent.
In all, 32 offenses reached the police record in Saint-Fulgent in 2025. The town has 2,900 jobs for 1,950 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
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 sexual violence, burglary, 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, 20.8% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Fulgent is Chd site de Montaigu, 10 mi away. 449 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 414: 8% above. At birth, a girl in Vendée can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Fulgent have one GP on hand.
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.
The median price, €1,917/m², comes from 112 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Fulgent from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 112 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,934/m² | 109 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 17th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.5% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than Vendée’s towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. Typical age in Saint-Fulgent: 42.3, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Fulgent | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than Vendée’s towns (7.6%) yet lower than compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,530 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Fulgent has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Fulgent.
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-Fulgent | 3,994 | — | A+ | B | A | B+ |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers | 3,726 | 4.1 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Chauché | 2,613 | 4.9 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Essarts-en-Bocage | 6,851 | 6.4 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Les Brouzils | 2,938 | 7.3 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Mouchamps | 3,015 | 7.6 | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Les Herbiers | 16,521 | 7.7 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #12 of 46 in Vendée.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,917/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Fulgent grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Fulgent is a commune of 3,994 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. 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 October 30, 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.