Vendée

Vendée has 706,343 residents in 255 communes. Over five years, homes sold for a median €2,470/m², from €1,180/m² in Terval to €5,960/m² in L'Île-d'Yeu among communes of more than 2,000 people. 72% of households own their main home.

Département 85 · 255 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

706,343residents2022 census

€2,470/m²median price per m²five years of sales

72%of households own their homemain home

23%second homesof all homes

Four maps of Vendée.

Each commune is coloured by its value; every map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest. Grey: not published.

Green spaceShare of land within 500 m that is green space

0%30%+

Everyday servicesEveryday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

Map of Vendée : Everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

<60240+

Price per m²Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

Map of Vendée : Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

<€1,500€5,000+

Living standardMedian disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

Map of Vendée : Median disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

<€19,000€29,000+

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

The 101 communes with more than 2,000 people.

Colour shows where each commune sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

Commune	Residents	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Aizenay	10,218	€2,500/m²	€23,030	74%	7%	7.8%	2%	0
Angles	2,966	€2,780/m²	€23,030	75%	19%	19.7%	3%	30
Apremont	2,028	€2,150/m²	€21,450	84%	8%	9.0%	25%	17
Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux	7,129	€2,390/m²	€23,950	80%	8%	6.6%	25%	35
Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche	2,366	€2,140/m²	€23,060	78%	9%	6.3%	18%	17
Beaurepaire	2,406	€1,930/m²	€22,390	78%	7%	4.4%	3%	17
Beauvoir-sur-Mer	3,955	€2,430/m²	€21,630	76%	20%	11.5%	3%	43
Bellevigny	6,239	€2,240/m²	€23,800	76%	6%	4.9%	12%	40
Benet	4,059	€1,610/m²	€23,400	78%	12%	6.7%	2%	36
Bois-de-Céné	2,215	€2,180/m²	€22,120	81%	10%	7.7%	22%	13
Bouin	2,169	€2,100/m²	€21,850	80%	18%	7.5%	0%	25
Bournezeau	3,471	€1,710/m²	€22,660	75%	8%	5.8%	20%	26
Brem-sur-Mer	2,933	€3,300/m²	€23,010	79%	20%	10.1%	6%	28
Bretignolles-sur-Mer	5,139	€3,900/m²	€24,800	77%	17%	13.6%	0%	57
Challans	22,890	€2,660/m²	€22,600	62%	16%	11.5%	21%	34
Chantonnay	8,518	€1,670/m²	€21,500	72%	10%	9.5%	8%	90
Chanverrie	5,580	€1,960/m²	€22,810	75%	10%	5.7%	6%	27
Chauché	2,559	€1,720/m²	€23,180	80%	8%	5.0%	40%	13
Chavagnes-en-Paillers	3,648	€1,880/m²	€22,100	75%	12%	5.8%	47%	26
Commequiers	3,708	€2,540/m²	€21,770	77%	12%	10.7%	5%	19
Coëx	3,416	€2,420/m²	€21,870	78%	12%	11.0%	13%	27
Cugand	3,746	€2,430/m²	€24,350	82%	11%	5.6%	28%	46
Dompierre-sur-Yon	4,535	€2,330/m²	€24,310	81%	5%	5.1%	31%	20
Essarts-en-Bocage	6,835	€2,010/m²	€22,670	73%	7%	6.3%	18%	61
Fontenay-le-Comte	13,806	€1,500/m²	€21,440	56%	18%	13.6%	10%	43
Froidfond	2,128	€2,170/m²	€22,020	77%	4%	5.4%	19%	13
Givrand	2,216	€3,240/m²	€24,110	80%	17%	10.0%	31%	13
Grosbreuil	2,216	€2,430/m²	€22,590	82%	7%	7.5%	1%	12
Jard-sur-Mer	3,046	€3,650/m²	€25,160	80%	27%	13.9%	16%	49
L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île	2,808	€2,860/m²	€22,590	76%	28%	14.2%	7%	52
L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie	2,207	€2,770/m²	€22,540	83%	14%	8.2%	14%	9
L'Herbergement	3,437	€2,190/m²	€23,670	74%	7%	5.2%	4%	41
L'Île-d'Olonne	2,805	€3,240/m²	€23,620	85%	9%	8.9%	11%	21
L'Île-d'Yeu	4,887	€5,960/m²	€23,440	81%	15%	11.9%	48%	12
La Barre-de-Monts	2,356	€3,000/m²	€21,960	76%	15%	10.0%	10%	19
La Boissière-de-Montaigu	2,295	€1,770/m²	€22,490	81%	7%	5.2%	6%	15
La Bruffière	4,015	€2,030/m²	€22,550	80%	8%	4.6%	8%	27
La Chaize-le-Vicomte	3,883	€1,960/m²	€23,380	72%	8%	6.5%	11%	25
La Châtaigneraie	2,590	€1,190/m²	€20,080	63%	18%	13.5%	18%	36
La Ferrière	5,411	€2,130/m²	€23,570	78%	7%	7.3%	5%	38
La Garnache	5,413	€2,330/m²	€22,810	81%	8%	6.6%	23%	40
La Gaubretière	3,223	€1,940/m²	€22,910	80%	9%	5.6%	17%	24
La Roche-sur-Yon	54,699	€2,410/m²	€22,310	48%	11%	12.2%	11%	126
La Tranche-sur-Mer	3,129	€3,930/m²	€24,620	75%	23%	15.0%	1%	67
Landeronde	2,285	€2,360/m²	€23,900	85%	6%	6.0%	26%	21
Le Boupère	3,170	€1,600/m²	€21,660	79%	11%	4.4%	3%	19
Le Champ-Saint-Père	2,041	€1,900/m²	€20,980	80%	13%	8.8%	37%	15
Le Fenouiller	4,978	€3,200/m²	€24,570	84%	13%	8.1%	22%	27
Le Perrier	2,210	€2,440/m²	€21,940	79%	11%	7.7%	3%	17
Le Poiré-sur-Vie	8,637	€2,270/m²	€23,470	77%	7%	5.1%	15%	56
Les Achards	5,451	€2,570/m²	€22,950	74%	9%	6.9%	9%	59
Les Brouzils	2,916	€1,910/m²	€23,210	82%	10%	5.3%	27%	34
Les Epesses	2,984	€1,890/m²	€22,220	77%	7%	5.6%	3%	35
Les Herbiers	16,589	€2,330/m²	€22,930	66%	9%	7.5%	25%	14
Les Landes-Genusson	2,572	€1,940/m²	€23,030	81%	10%	4.8%	1%	14
Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne	3,671	€2,030/m²	€22,740	75%	10%	5.2%	7%	34
Les Sables-d'Olonne	48,740	€4,290/m²	€24,520	65%	20%	11.8%	17%	74
Longeville-sur-Mer	2,442	€3,170/m²	€23,710	78%	21%	11.9%	3%	30
Luçon	9,450	€2,000/m²	€21,510	59%	18%	11.6%	44%	9
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais	2,773	€1,730/m²	€22,110	76%	14%	13.1%	23%	33
Montaigu-Vendée	20,754	€2,380/m²	€24,050	70%	8%	6.3%	17%	37
Montréverd	3,833	€1,950/m²	€22,970	80%	6%	4.8%	33%	11
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre	6,065	€2,100/m²	€23,260	74%	10%	6.2%	24%	1
Mouchamps	2,986	€1,640/m²	€21,950	76%	8%	5.4%	28%	26
Mouilleron-le-Captif	5,209	€2,530/m²	€25,480	85%	7%	5.6%	15%	50
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits	2,341	€2,320/m²	€22,210	65%	14%	8.7%	8%	44
Nalliers	2,372	€1,590/m²	€21,660	80%	12%	9.7%	8%	15
Nesmy	3,056	€2,130/m²	€23,500	80%	7%	4.9%	27%	25
Nieul-le-Dolent	2,546	€2,130/m²	€22,750	78%	10%	5.9%	15%	18
Noirmoutier-en-l'Île	4,502	€5,400/m²	€24,050	74%	18%	11.6%	24%	56
Notre-Dame-de-Monts	2,293	€3,490/m²	€23,070	73%	20%	10.9%	5%	54
Notre-Dame-de-Riez	2,179	€2,650/m²	€23,010	77%	13%	11.4%	6%	11
Pouzauges	5,641	€1,450/m²	€22,320	70%	11%	9.4%	40%	40
Rives de l'Yon	4,285	€1,940/m²	€22,800	84%	9%	6.4%	11%	22
Rives-d'Autise	2,054	€1,290/m²	€22,460	77%	12%	7.1%	16%	18
Rocheservière	3,571	€2,120/m²	€22,360	75%	9%	5.4%	28%	34
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	2,653	€2,150/m²	€21,750	72%	10%	10.9%	26%	18
Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse	2,425	€1,880/m²	€22,810	77%	8%	4.5%	17%	23
Saint-Fulgent	3,924	€1,790/m²	€22,390	72%	11%	6.4%	21%	32
Saint-Gervais	2,752	€2,370/m²	€22,210	80%	10%	6.9%	7%	18
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie	8,140	€4,360/m²	€24,080	59%	22%	14.0%	10%	74
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez	12,923	€3,380/m²	€23,920	72%	19%	12.2%	8%	24
Saint-Jean-de-Monts	8,809	€3,290/m²	€23,110	70%	19%	14.2%	37%	65
Saint-Julien-des-Landes	2,018	€2,540/m²	€22,160	79%	10%	7.5%	19%	19
Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre	3,613	€2,000/m²	€23,630	72%	14%	5.9%	35%	47
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers	2,540	€1,790/m²	€22,930	77%	10%	6.9%	6%	15
Saint-Mathurin	2,443	€2,870/m²	€23,210	80%	9%	6.5%	0%	13
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm	2,347	€1,970/m²	€22,010	77%	18%	13.6%	3%	23
Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine	3,622	€2,250/m²	€22,110	80%	6%	5.8%	12%	25
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois	2,251	€1,950/m²	€21,360	81%	9%	6.8%	34%	16
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups	2,547	€2,350/m²	€23,380	77%	6%	7.8%	19%	19
Sainte-Foy	2,592	€3,000/m²	€23,920	87%	7%	5.7%	18%	18
Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine	2,074	€1,720/m²	€22,960	77%	11%	5.7%	4%	18
Sainte-Hermine	2,962	€1,540/m²	€21,150	68%	12%	10.1%	23%	36
Sallertaine	3,390	€2,500/m²	€22,590	78%	11%	7.5%	5%	19
Soullans	4,535	€2,610/m²	€23,260	77%	12%	7.7%	2%	17
Sèvremont	6,401	€1,660/m²	€21,890	77%	9%	7.7%	45%	41
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire	8,327	€3,390/m²	€24,530	79%	14%	9.2%	20%	2
Terval	2,173	€1,180/m²	€21,320	81%	9%	8.6%	25%	6
Treize-Septiers	3,361	€2,050/m²	€22,910	78%	8%	6.0%	11%	25
Venansault	4,743	€2,340/m²	€23,820	84%	7%	6.0%	22%	38

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

706,343 residents and 320,530 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

16%

aged under 15

14%

aged 15–29

33%

aged 60 and over

34%

of households are people living alone

24%

of households are couples with children

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

447,695 homes, 72% of them main residences, with 4.4 rooms on average.

83%

of homes are houses

72%

of households own their home

of households rent social housing (HLM)

23%

second homes

empty homes

92%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 191910%

1919–19455%

1946–197013%

1971–199028%

1991–200521%

2006–201922%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Property prices.

58,805 house and flat sales over five years.

€2,470/m²median price, houses and flatsFrance : €2,600/m²

€3,270/m²flats10,168 sales

€2,350/m²houses48,637 sales

Median prices from sales published in France’s Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF) over ten half-years, for sales of a single property. Individual sales are not shown. A median is only given where there were at least ten sales.

Source: DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

8.6%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

25%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

managers and professionals among over-15s

36%

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Health, shops and services.

Facilities and services in Vendée on 1 January 2025, from Insee’s permanent database of facilities.

6.9GPs per 10,000 residents2025

207pharmacieson 1 January 2025

418food storessupermarkets, convenience stores, grocers

General practitioners484

Dentists356

Nurses776

Physiotherapists773

Pharmacies207

Group health centres33

Emergency departments7

Supermarkets and hypermarkets134

Convenience stores and grocers284

Bakeries509

Butchers163

Petrol stations121

EV charging stations294

Post offices and postal points205

Banks347

France services centres23

Police and gendarmerie39

Restaurants1,944

Hairdressers1,000

Nurseries128

Swimming pools43

Sports halls257

Gyms72

Cinemas23

Libraries239

Performance venues8

Insee’s permanent database of facilities lists the shops, services and health professionals present in each commune on 1 January. Health professionals in private practice are counted one by one; several may work at the same address.

Source: Insee, permanent database of facilities 2025 (Open Licence 2.0)

Natural and industrial hazards.

Share of the département’s 258 communes exposed to each major hazard, and natural-disaster declarations since 1982.

Ground movement100%

Earthquake100%

Severe weather100%

Radon100%

Transport of hazardous goods100%

Flooding81%

Forest fire34%

Dam failure21%

Mining subsidence9%

Industrial hazard7%

Nuclear hazard0%

2,671natural-disaster declarationssince 1982

39%of communes have a natural-hazard prevention planin force

Natural-disaster declarations by type

Floods and mudflows1,223

Ground movement524

Drought (clay shrinkage)499

Coastal surges and wave damage279

Storms and cyclones70

Other (snow, hail, avalanches…)70

Earthquakes6

A natural-disaster declaration (arrêté CatNat) lets insurers pay out for the damage. The count reflects past events, not a forecast of future risk. The list of hazards comes from each département’s major-risk file; a prevention plan in force limits building in exposed zones.

Source: Géorisques, GASPAR database (Open Licence 2.0), as of 5 October 2026