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A town of 3,518 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Sallertaine grades A− overall: better than 80% of compared French towns, and #23 of 46 in Vendée. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 24% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,486/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Challans-Gois Communauté. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sallertaine 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 2 historic monuments in Sallertaine: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sallertaine.
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, 244 residents of Sallertaine died, against 323 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. The town has 4 family doctors.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Graded property crimes ran at 10.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.7 (2023–2025 average). All told, Sallertaine had 43 recorded offenses in 2025. Also worth knowing: the graded crime recorded most here was burglary (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, sexual violence and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 17.5% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Sallertaine has 1,000 jobs for 1,550 working residents, 0.7 per worker. 5.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 7.5%.
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 median price, €2,486/m², comes from 122 sales of houses and apartments in Sallertaine from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.54/m² a month, in line with Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,500/m² | 121 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with Vendée’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). 25% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Sallertaine | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
Among the classé monuments in Sallertaine is Église Saint-Martin. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.9% of the total, about level with compared French towns (7.4%) and above Vendée’s towns (6.3%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Sallertaine. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Sallertaine: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Moulin à vent de Rairé: Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Sallertaine.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sallertaine | 3,518 | — | A− | C | A | A |
| Challans | 22,943 | 3.3 | C+ | C− | C+ | B− |
| Saint-Gervais | 2,781 | 4.1 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Soullans | 4,654 | 4.7 | B | C | A | B− |
| La Garnache | 5,515 | 5.4 | A− | C+ | A | A− |
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer | 4,035 | 6.1 | C+ | C− | A | C |
| Saint-Jean-de-Monts | 8,868 | 7.4 | D | D | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #18 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,486/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sallertaine grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Sallertaine is a commune of 3,518 people in the Communauté de communes Challans-Gois Communauté. 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.
