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A town of 1,359 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Sainte-Florence has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% 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 Sainte-Florence does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Florence 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 Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sainte-Florence, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1998.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Florence.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 21%, above Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Ages in Sainte-Florence split evenly at 38.7: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Florence | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
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.
The market in Sainte-Florence: 27 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 8.7%. The protected list starts in the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Violence against people averaged 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 2. More of the graded crimes in Sainte-Florence were family violence than anything else (2025).
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 · For other physical violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Sainte-Florence. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau du Parc-Soubise5 km east, in MouchampsMuseumMuseumEspace Gaston Chaissacin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vendrennes4.2 km northeast, in VendrennesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Grissay4 km southwest, in Essarts-en-BocageChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Bobinière4.3 km east, in MouchampsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Sainte-Florence 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-Florence 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-Florence | 1,359 | — | — | A− | — | — |
| Saint-Fulgent | 3,994 | 4.5 | A+ | B | A | B+ |
| Essarts-en-Bocage | 6,851 | 4.5 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Mouchamps | 3,015 | 4.5 | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Saint-Martin-des-Noyers | 2,560 | 5.2 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Chauché | 2,613 | 6.3 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Les Herbiers | 16,521 | 8.1 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Florence has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Sainte-Florence is a commune of 1,359 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. 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 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.