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Population 1,870: a town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 2.4 points above the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,337/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Achards. Its lowest grade is for walkability (D−). Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux 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 one thing Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux 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-Georges-de-Pointindoux 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-Georges-de-Pointindoux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye des Fontenelles (ancienne), in La Roche-sur-Yon, 6.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux.
At the census, 2.4% of commuters got to work without a car. 6.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux counts 0.2 jobs (150 jobs, 950 workers).
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.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.8 mi away. The closest collège is 1.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Jacques la Forêt PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 121 | 98%+4 pts |
| Collège Jacques LaurentBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 135 | 93%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%. Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux is 40.7 years old.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux: 96 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 97 residents of Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux died, against 101 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux is Clinique Saint Charles, 10.1 mi away. Women in Vendée live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 70 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,339/m² for the median of compared towns in Vendée.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,337/m² | 70 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2025 saw 5 offenses recorded in Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux. Violence against people ran at 3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 6.6 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (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 · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (66.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux 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-Georges-de-Pointindoux 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-Georges-de-Pointindoux | 1,870 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Les Achards | 5,518 | 2.8 | A | C− | A+ | B |
| Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups | 2,585 | 3 | — | B− | — | A |
| Venansault | 4,757 | 5.8 | A+ | B | A+ | A |
| Aizenay | 10,365 | 7 | A | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux | 7,191 | 7.2 | A | B | A | A |
| Nieul-le-Dolent | 2,571 | 7.4 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 90% 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 €2,337/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux is a commune of 1,870 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Achards. 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.