Sèvremont grades A+ overall: better than 98% of compared French towns, and #4 of 46 in Vendée. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,707/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pouzauges. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Sèvremont 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 Sèvremont.
Safety
Sèvremont records less crime per resident than 100% of compared French towns
Sèvremont ranks first of the 46 compared towns in Vendée on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie recorded 33 offenses in the graded categories in Sèvremont in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 21.1% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
2.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Family violence11
Burglary5
Fraud18
Theft without violence9
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.
2.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
33
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
21.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Sèvremont’s ages would predict, 69 per 100 expected, under Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Sèvremont below both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 509 residents of Sèvremont died, against 602 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Sèvremont · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
14.5 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
Sèvremont keeps more of its old housing than Vendée or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Sèvremont is above both Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Sèvremont has 11 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Sèvremont, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Sèvremont are out of work than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.2%
In the comparison, Sèvremont comes below both Vendée’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Sèvremont has 1,900 jobs for 3,100 working residents, 0.6 per worker. 5.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
1,900
jobs based in Sèvremont, 0.6 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 27% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sèvremont than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.41/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Sèvremont, that is below both Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,707/m², comes from 187 sales of houses and apartments in Sèvremont from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,707/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sèvremont€1,707/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,707/m²
187
€10.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.76 to €13.96/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Pouzauges
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Sèvremont’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sèvremont
Is Sèvremont safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 46 in Vendée. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Is Sèvremont expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,707/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sèvremont grades B for cost of living.
About Sèvremont
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Sèvremont is a commune of 6,385 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pouzauges. 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.
