Work and incomes are strong: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 4.6% unemployment. Cost of living is a strength too — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car (C): just over three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,787/m².
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Martin-des-Noyers has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Martin-des-Noyers 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers has lower unemployment than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6%
6%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 5.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €25,850 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
700
jobs based in Saint-Martin-des-Noyers, 0.6 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers keeps more of its old housing than Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 15th century. Saint-Martin-des-Noyers has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up 20% of Saint-Martin-des-Noyers, above Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
41median age
Degrees are held by 22% of adults. At 41, the median resident of Saint-Martin-des-Noyers sits in the middle of the age range. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, near Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and lower than compared French towns (11%).
Saint-Martin-des-NoyersVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Martin-des-Noyers sees 90 deaths per 100 expected, against 85 in Vendée’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
262 deaths in Saint-Martin-des-Noyers between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 231: 13% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Martin-des-Noyers is Chd site la Roche Sur Yon, 11.4 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Martin-des-Noyers · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chd site la Roche Sur Yon
11.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chd site la Roche Sur Yon
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
René Couzinet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Victor Rochereau: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain
About Saint-Martin-des-Noyers
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers is a commune of 2,560 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Chantonnay. 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
Population
2,560 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays de Chantonnay
Département
Vendée (85)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
16 sq mi (41.5 km²)
INSEE code
85246
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Martin-des-Noyers
Is Saint-Martin-des-Noyers safe?
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Martin-des-Noyers expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Martin-des-Noyers grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
