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The town, home to 2,585 people, lies in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups’s best grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,424/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Achards. The weak point is walkability: 51% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups 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.
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Vendée is 85.5 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 151 residents of Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups died, against 185 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups is Clinique Saint Charles, 8.3 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups can choose among 4 GPs.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
6.0% of the labour force are out of work. Jobs based in Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups number 250, against 1,250 residents in work (0.2 per worker). No commute at all: 3.4% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. 11% of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). At 40.2, the median resident of Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,424/m²: 84 houses and apartments sold in Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.41/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,424/m² | 84 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups | 2,585 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Les Achards | 5,518 | 3.7 | A | C− | A+ | B |
| Nieul-le-Dolent | 2,571 | 4.4 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux | 7,191 | 4.7 | A | B | A | A |
| Venansault | 4,757 | 5.5 | A+ | B | A+ | A |
| Sainte-Foy | 2,717 | 7.2 | — | C | — | A+ |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 54,849 | 8 | B− | C+ | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 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 €2,424/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups is a commune of 2,585 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Achards. 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 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.