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A town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire, home to 3,653 people.
Safety is its strong suit (A): an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine earns an A−: better than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, and #26 of 46 in Vendée. At €2,245/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine 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 2 things Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bois Chevalier, in Legé, 5.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine 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-Philbert-de-Bouaine.
2025 saw 38 offenses recorded in Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (17.3% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Over-65s are 15% of the population. The middle age in Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine is 38.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 265 residents of Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine died, against 227 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine is Chd site de Montaigu, 9.9 mi away. The town 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.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
Jobs based in Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine number 1,300, against 1,850 residents in work (0.7 per worker). At the census, 7.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,240 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Behind the median of €2,245/m²: 101 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.68/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.05/m² a month, about level with Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,241/m² | 91 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine yet.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine is a commune of 3,653 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu. 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-Philbert-de-Bouaine | 3,653 | — | A− | B− | A | C+ |
| Saint-Colomban Loire-Atlantique | 3,500 | 3.1 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Rocheservière | 3,594 | 3.7 | A | B | B+ | C+ |
| Corcoué-sur-Logne Loire-Atlantique | 3,265 | 4 | — | C+ | — | D |
| La Planche Loire-Atlantique | 2,810 | 4.3 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Vieillevigne Loire-Atlantique | 4,150 | 4.4 | A− | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Geneston Loire-Atlantique | 3,685 | 4.8 | — | B− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #18 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,245/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine grades B− 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.