Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vouvant.
Who lives here
Few people in Vouvant are 15 to 24: 5.6%, fewer than in Vendée’s towns and compared French towns
That puts Vouvant below both Vendée’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 35% of the town.
56.6median age
VouvantVendée medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vendée median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Vouvant keeps more of its old housing than Vendée or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Vouvant is above both Vendée’s towns (6.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2001. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Vouvant: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
3historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit2
13th c.
oldest protected part
1840
first monument protected
2001
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Incomes in Vouvant run lower than in Vendée’s towns or compared French towns: a median €24,800 a year per consumption unit
In the comparison, Vouvant comes below both Vendée’s towns (€26,310) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Vouvant has 250 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Vouvant, 0.7 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Vouvant
Commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Vouvant is a commune of 829 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. 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.
