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Home to 1,150 people, this town lies in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is walkability: 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is weaker too: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls 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-Martin-des-Tilleuls 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-Martin-des-Tilleuls has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château (ensemble des vestiges), in Tiffauges, 4.1 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls 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-Martin-des-Tilleuls.
3.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls: 200, for 600 residents in work (0.3 each). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,470 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Vendée is 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 44 deaths in Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 62: 29% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls is Centre hospitalier de Cholet, 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 12% of the town, higher than both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls is 37.9. Among adults, 30% have a degree.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 26 homes were sold in Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls, other physical violence came up most often (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.2 cases of violence against people and 9.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 family violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 3.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Le Champ Blanc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 155 | 98%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls is a commune of 1,150 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mortagne. 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-Martin-des-Tilleuls | 1,150 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| La Gaubretière | 3,225 | 2.5 | — | B− | — | A |
| Les Landes-Genusson | 2,638 | 3.2 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Chanverrie | 5,653 | 3.4 | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Mortagne-sur-Sèvre | 6,057 | 4.9 | A+ | B | B+ | B |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Bois Maine-et-Loire | 2,828 | 6.2 | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| La Bruffière | 3,987 | 7 | — | B− | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.