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A town of 2,496 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Saint-Mathurin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C+): 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,638/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Saint-Mathurin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Mathurin 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-Mathurin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Deux menhirs dénommés Les Pierres Jumelles, in Les Sables-d'Olonne, 3 mi away.
4.9% 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-Mathurin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-Mathurin has 2 family doctors. 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. From 2016 to 2025, 133 residents of Saint-Mathurin died, against 180 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
6.5% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Saint-Mathurin counts 0.3 jobs (350 jobs, 1,150 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
88 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Mathurin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,638/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.13/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.81/m² a month, about level with both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,638/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 25% have a degree. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.3%, about level with Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Mathurin | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Saint-Mathurin. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Mathurin 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-Mathurin 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-Mathurin | 2,496 | — | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Sainte-Foy | 2,717 | 2.7 | — | C | — | A+ |
| L'Île-d'Olonne | 2,802 | 3.3 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Les Achards | 5,518 | 3.9 | A | C− | A+ | B |
| Les Sables-d'Olonne | 49,603 | 4.8 | B | D | C+ | B+ |
| Brem-sur-Mer | 2,993 | 6.1 | — | C− | — | C |
| Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups | 2,585 | 7.2 | — | B− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Mathurin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,638/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Mathurin grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Mathurin is a commune of 2,496 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération. 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.