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A town of 1,549 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Saint-Révérend has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Saint-Révérend does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Révérend 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Révérend as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pierre de criée de l'ancienne église, in Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Révérend.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,780 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Also worth knowing: 250 jobs are based in Saint-Révérend, for 650 working residents (0.4 per worker).
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Révérend’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, higher than both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 102 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 102, about as many. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Révérend is Centre hospitalier Loire Vendee Ocean site de Challans, 10.2 mi away. Average lifespans in Vendée: 85.5 years for women, 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
People aged 15 to 24 are 8.6% of the population. Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than Vendée’s towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Saint-Révérend in two is 46.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Révérend | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 41% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 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.
The median price, €2,622/m², comes from 71 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Révérend from July 2023 to June 2026. A home here costs 6.9 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,622/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Révérend 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-Révérend 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-Révérend | 1,549 | — | — | B− | — | C− |
| Coëx | 3,428 | 3.5 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Le Fenouiller | 4,978 | 3.6 | A− | C− | A+ | B |
| Commequiers | 3,735 | 4.3 | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie | 8,333 | 4.6 | B | D | C | B |
| Bretignolles-sur-Mer | 5,344 | 5.1 | C | C− | B− | B− |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez | 13,074 | 6.3 | B− | C− | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Révérend 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 7.6 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 €2,622/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Révérend grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Révérend is a commune of 1,549 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. 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.