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A town of 1,960 in Vendée, Pays de la Loire.
Vairé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vairé 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 1 historic monument in Vairé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vairé.
At the census, 4.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Vendée’s towns (7.6%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). Vairé has 250 jobs for 850 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 7.3% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Vairé, that is above both Vendée’s towns (85) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vairé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 67 sales of houses and apartments in Vairé from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,339/m² for the median of compared towns in Vendée.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,773/m² | 66 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Vairé sits above both Vendée’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. 23% of adults hold a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Vairé | Vendée median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 8 offenses in the graded categories in Vairé in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 64.7% of the index here.
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
Vairé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Menhir dit La Minche du Diable: Photo: Liberliger · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Vairé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vairé | 1,960 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| L'Île-d'Olonne | 2,802 | 2.8 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Brem-sur-Mer | 2,993 | 3.5 | — | C− | — | C |
| Les Achards | 5,518 | 4.6 | A | C− | A+ | B |
| Bretignolles-sur-Mer | 5,344 | 5.6 | C | C− | B− | B− |
| Sainte-Foy | 2,717 | 6 | — | C | — | A+ |
| Coëx | 3,428 | 6.6 | — | C+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vairé 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 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.81/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vairé grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Vairé is a commune of 1,960 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération. 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.