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A town of 2,147 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Terval has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Terval does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Terval 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 Terval as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Polissoir ou pierre à sculpture, in Cheffois, 3.9 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Terval.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Terval is below both Vendée’s towns (€2,339/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,120/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €24,020 a year per consumption unit. Terval has 700 jobs for 900 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Terval comes above both Vendée’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 95%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Terval, that is below both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 144 residents of Terval died, against 203 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Terval sits above both Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. 14% of residents are children under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Terval | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Terval. Best known first.
Nothing in Terval is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Terval.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terval | 2,147 | — | — | A | — | A |
| La Châtaigneraie | 2,600 | 1.6 | A− | A | B− | D |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre Deux-Sèvres | 5,121 | 7.4 | A+ | A | A− | B+ |
| Pouzauges | 5,668 | 11 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Cerizay Deux-Sèvres | 4,793 | 12 | B+ | A | B+ | B |
| Fontenay-le-Comte | 14,059 | 14 | B+ | B | C− | B+ |
| Le Boupère | 3,151 | 14 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Terval has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Terval grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Terval is a commune of 2,147 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. 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.