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A town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire, home to 917 people.
At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux is too small for the grades other French towns get.
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage in and near Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux 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
Ages in Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux split evenly at 46.7: half are older, half younger. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €23,440 a year per consumption unit, below both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux number 100, against 400 residents in work (0.3 per worker). At the census, 4.7% of commuters got to work without a car.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 26 homes in Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église de Chalais: Photo: Hamon jp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Pierre-le-Vieux | 917 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fontenay-le-Comte | 14,059 | 5 | B+ | B | C− | B+ |
| Benet | 4,089 | 7.3 | A | B+ | A+ | C+ |
| Magné Deux-Sèvres | 2,728 | 11 | A | B | A− | B |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay Charente-Maritime | 3,063 | 11 | — | C | — | A |
| Marans Charente-Maritime | 4,476 | 13 | B | B− | B− | B− |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Deux-Sèvres | 2,967 | 14 | A− | B+ | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux is a commune of 917 people in the Communauté de communes Vendée, Sèvre, Autise. 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) · 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.