Tiffauges has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,776/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 Mortagne. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% 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.
Each subject compares Tiffauges 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 Tiffauges.
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Tiffauges’ ages would predict, 58 per 100 expected, under Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 148 deaths in Tiffauges from 2016 to 2025; there were 100, 32% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Tiffauges is Chd site de Montaigu, 9.9 mi away. In Vendée, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−42%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw68
Adjusted58
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Tiffauges · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chd site de Montaigu
10.2 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Tiffauges: 19% were built before 1919, more than in both Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Tiffauges is Château (ensemble des vestiges). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Tiffauges: 12% are 15 to 24, above Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with Vendée’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 21% of residents. The middle age in Tiffauges is 45.7.
45.7median age
TiffaugesVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Fewer people in Tiffauges are out of work than in Vendée’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.5%
6.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Tiffauges counts 0.7 jobs (550 jobs, 750 workers). At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Tiffauges didn’t travel to work at all.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
550
jobs based in Tiffauges, 0.7 per working resident
4.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Tiffauges is graded a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,776/m²: 53 houses and apartments sold in Tiffauges between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.60/m² a month.
€1,776/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tiffauges€1,776/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vendée median€2,339/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,779/m²
52
€12.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.56 to €15.28/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Mortagne
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Tiffauges
Is Tiffauges safe?
Tiffauges has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Tiffauges good?
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Tiffauges expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,776/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.09/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tiffauges grades B− for cost of living.
About Tiffauges
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Tiffauges is a commune of 1,544 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mortagne. 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.
