Saint-Prouant has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,765/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pays de Chantonnay. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 1 job per working resident; 5.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Prouant 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Prouant.
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Saint-Prouant is harder to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns
Saint-Prouant holds 700 jobs; 750 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. At the census, 4.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 5.3%.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
700
jobs based in Saint-Prouant, 1 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 9% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Saint-Prouant is 20.1 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 210 residents of Saint-Prouant died, against 181 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. Its care home for older people (58 places) counts its residents as Saint-Prouant’s; allowing for it, deaths were 18% below expected. Women in Vendée live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Prouant · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
20.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
85.5 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vendée, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Saint-Prouant: 11% were built before 1919, more than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Prouant, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
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-Prouant, above Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
21% of residents are 65 or over, below Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 9.4% of residents. The middle age in Saint-Prouant is 43.1.
43.1median age
Saint-ProuantVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Prouant
Is Saint-Prouant safe?
Saint-Prouant has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Prouant expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,765/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Prouant grades B+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Prouant
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Prouant is a commune of 1,666 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
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.
