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2,085 people call this town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire home.
Saint-Julien-des-Landes’s strongest subject is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Julien-des-Landes 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Julien-des-Landes 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-Julien-des-Landes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Julien-des-Landes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Julien-des-Landes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de la Crulière, in Brem-sur-Mer, 5.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Julien-des-Landes 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-Julien-des-Landes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Vendée, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 171 deaths in Saint-Julien-des-Landes from 2016 to 2025; there were 130, 24% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Julien-des-Landes is Centre hospitalier Cote de Lumiere, 8.7 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.50/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.70/m² a month, higher than Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 73 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Julien-des-Landes from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,556/m² | 73 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 7.6%, near Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,360 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 5.6% of working residents in Saint-Julien-des-Landes at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.5% of residents, below both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 25% have a degree. Ages in Saint-Julien-des-Landes split evenly at 42.2: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Julien-des-Landes | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Saint-Julien-des-Landes. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Saint-Julien-des-Landes.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Julien-des-Landes is a commune of 2,085 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
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-Julien-des-Landes | 2,085 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Les Achards | 5,518 | 3.4 | A | C− | A+ | B |
| Coëx | 3,428 | 4.9 | — | C+ | — | C |
| L'Île-d'Olonne | 2,802 | 5.9 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Brem-sur-Mer | 2,993 | 6 | — | C− | — | C |
| Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups | 2,585 | 6.5 | — | B− | — | A |
| Sainte-Foy | 2,717 | 7.3 | — | C | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Julien-des-Landes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Julien-des-Landes grades C 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.