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People aged 65 and over make up 41% of residents. Some 8,868 people live in this town, in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
A tough set of grades. At D overall, Saint-Jean-de-Monts ranks #44 of 46 in Vendée. On that grade it does better than 6% of compared French towns. Its weakest is safety (D) — an average of 12 recorded violent incidents and 25.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 1.9 points below the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 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-Jean-de-Monts does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Jean-de-Monts 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Jean-de-Monts as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Sallertaine, 6.5 mi away.
2.5% 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-Jean-de-Monts.
People 65 and over make up just over two fifths of the town, above both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 6.1%. Among adults, 20% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Jean-de-Monts | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.1% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 41% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Saint-Jean-de-Monts has 3,600 jobs for 2,650 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The 2025 count: 355 offenses locally. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent 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 · 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Saint-Jean-de-Monts goes for €3,169/m², an apartment for €3,472/m². The middle sale price: €3,331/m², above both Vendée’s towns (€2,339/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 50% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,169/m² | 572 |
| Apartments | €3,472/m² | 578 |
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.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint-Jean-de-Monts come to 100 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,477 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,693, 15% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jean-de-Monts is Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans, 9.3 mi away. Life expectancy in Vendée: 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025); France averages 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 0.8 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #26 of 34 in Vendée. The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pays de MontsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 84%−7 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Jean - Les Lauriers PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 75 | 100%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The median disposable income is €26,700 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out and other places to visit in and near Saint-Jean-de-Monts. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Jean-de-Monts is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Saint-Jean-de-Monts.
Yvan Dautin: Photographe de la Ville de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, dans le cadre de sa mission ; scan par Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0
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-Jean-de-Monts | 8,868 | — | D | D | D | C− |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez | 13,074 | 5.9 | B− | C− | B− | C+ |
| Soullans | 4,654 | 7 | B | C | A | B− |
| Sallertaine | 3,518 | 7.4 | A− | C | A | A |
| Le Fenouiller | 4,978 | 8.4 | A− | C− | A+ | B |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie | 8,333 | 8.7 | B | D | C | B |
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer | 4,035 | 8.7 | C+ | C− | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 60 burglaries and 105 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns and #26 of 34 in Vendée. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jean-de-Monts grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Jean-de-Monts is a commune of 8,868 people in the Communauté de communes Océan Marais de Monts. 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.