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This town in Vendée, Pays de la Loire has a population of 3,416.
Treize-Septiers’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,054/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Treize-Septiers has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Treize-Septiers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Treize-Septiers 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.
Treize-Septiers has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Treize-Septiers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château (ensemble des vestiges), in Tiffauges, 5.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Treize-Septiers.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 285 deaths in Treize-Septiers from 2016 to 2025; there were 292, 2% more. In Vendée, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Treize-Septiers can choose among 2 GPs.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
People aged 15 to 24 are 11% of the population. 18% of residents are 65 or over, below Vendée’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Treize-Septiers has a median age of 41.6 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Treize-Septiers | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, near Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and lower than compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,840 a year.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 100 homes were sold in Treize-Septiers. The estimated advertised rent is €12.09/m² a month, above Vendée’s towns (€11.32/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.20/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,054/m² | 100 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Treize-Septiers. Best known first.
Nothing in Treize-Septiers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Treize-Septiers as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treize-Septiers | 3,416 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| La Bruffière | 3,987 | 2.3 | — | B− | — | B |
| Montaigu-Vendée | 21,134 | 3.9 | A+ | C | A− | A− |
| Boussay Loire-Atlantique | 2,884 | 4.6 | — | B | — | A− |
| Cugand-la-Bernardière | 5,711 | 4.9 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| Les Landes-Genusson | 2,638 | 5.5 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Gétigné Loire-Atlantique | 3,883 | 6 | — | B | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Treize-Septiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,054/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Treize-Septiers grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Treize-Septiers is a commune of 3,416 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu. 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.