Dept 85 Rank #15 / 96
Vendée
Pays de la Loire · Nearest city: La Roche-sur-Yon → Nantes (~40 min)
🚄 TGV
Marais vendéen, coastal dunes, Puy du Fou region
Why this score · reflects your priorities
Vendée draws on a strong tourist coast, mild winters and good rail links, with slightly elevated hazard exposure and gentle scenery as its soft spots. La Vendée s'appuie sur un littoral touristique fort, des hivers doux et de bonnes liaisons ferroviaires, avec une exposition aux risques un peu élevée et des paysages tout en douceur comme points faibles.
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Climate
Sunshine
2,026h/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Sunny days
158/yr
days >50% sunlit
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Rain days
121/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 fewer rain days each year.
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Annual rainfall
736mm/yr
total volume
p64 of 96
Heavy rain
4/yr
≥ 20 mm/day
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Torrential
0.1/yr
≥ 50 mm/day
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Hot days >30°
16/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Winter mildness
9/10
3.9 °C avg Jan low
Trend 2015-2025: January warming 0.2 °C per year.
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Wind
3.5m/s
annual mean
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Muggy days
4/yr
TG≥22°C & HU≥70%
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Avg max temperature · °C
5
J
7
F
11
M
14
A
18
M
21
J
24
J
24
A
19
S
15
O
9
N
6
D
2050 outlook TRACC +2.7°C · vs 1976-2005
Hot days ≥35°C ~+3 days · +2 so far
Tropical nights ~+12 nights · +1 so far
Frost days ~-11 days · -7 so far
Dry-soil days ~+16 days
Landscape
Landscape score
4/10
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Max elevation
290m
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Forest cover
4.8%
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Characteristics
🌊 Coastline
Marais vendéen, coastal dunes, Puy du Fou region
Identity
Vendée is the birthplace of Georges Clemenceau (médecin).
Notable figures born here
Georges Clemenceau — médecinFrançois Viète — mathématicienMathurin Jacques Brisson — physicienJean de Lattre de Tassigny — maréchalÉmile Faguet — écrivainAdlène Guedioura — footballeurMaxime Bossis — footballeurFrançois l'Olonnais — corsaireChristophe de Margerie — entrepreneurJean René Constant Quoy — médecin de bord
Terroir & appellations
Vendée lies within protected appellation areas, including Fiefs Vendéens Brem, Fiefs Vendéens Chantonnay, Fiefs Vendéens Mareuil.
Fiefs Vendéens BremFiefs Vendéens ChantonnayFiefs Vendéens MareuilFiefs Vendéens PissotteFiefs Vendéens VixMuscadetGros Plant du Pays nantaisMothais sur feuilleMaine-AnjouBeurre Charentes-PoitouMuscadet Côtes de GrandlieuPomme de terre de Noirmoutier
Distinctions
Plus Beaux Détours de France (1)
- Georges Clemenceau
- Jean-Marie de Lattre de Tassigny
- René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
- Jardin médiéval du château
- Parc de l'Auneau
- Jardins de Chaligny
- Jardins du Bâtiment
Station classée de tourisme (16)
Risks
Safety score
8/10
Flood risk
High
% communes flood-exposed (GASPAR union)
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Fire risk
High
Copernicus FWI · fire-weather index
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Seismic exposure
Very high
% in a seismic zone (most of France is)
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Major risks present
⚛ Nuclear nearby Share of the department's communes listing each risk category
Earthquake Very high 99.2% p55 of 96
Ground movement Very high 99.2% p71 of 96
Subsidence & cavities Very high 99.2% p77 of 96
Severe weather Very high 99.2% p74 of 96
Radon Very high 99.2% p83 of 96
Hazardous-materials transport Very high 99.2% p81 of 96
Flooding Very high 81.2% p71 of 96
Wildfire Low 33.7% p70 of 96
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Dam failure Low 21.6% p74 of 96
Coastal Very low 12.9% p91 of 96
Industrial hazard Very low 7.1% p73 of 96
Nuclear Very low 0.4% p65 of 96
Transport
Transport
9/10
3.0 h to Paris · TGV + closeness
TGV access
Yes
Direct TGV station
Highways
2
A83 · A87
Work locally
33.4%
work in own commune
Nearest hubs
🏙 Nearest city
La Roche-sur-Yon → Nantes (~40 min)
✈ Airport
La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport (LRH) · ~56 km
🚄 To Paris via TGV
3.0h direct
🛣 Highways
A83, A87
Services
Healthcare
4/10
APL 3.0
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Schools
8/10
Brevet 91%
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Fiber coverage
97%
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Intl schools
1school
International programmes available
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People
Population
698,014
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Density
104/km²
Mixed
+28% vs median 81
32 387
Pop trend
+0.8%/yr
+0.6 pts vs median · p87
Median income
$25,900
standard of living · $/yr
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Poverty rate
9.1%
below 60% of median living standard
#1 lowest of 96
Unemployment
8.6%
active population out of work
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Tourism
1 bed per 9 residents
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Age distribution · % of population
0-14
18%
15-24
14%
25-39
15%
40-54
14%
55-69
18%
70+
21%
Office professionals
10.4%
cadres · engineers, managers, professionals
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Remote work
4.4%
télétravail · works without commuting
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Socio-professional mix · % of occupied workers
Office
Managers & professionals
10.4%
At-home trades
Farmers
2.5%
Artisans & shopkeepers
7.6%
On-site · services, health, teaching, manual
Intermediate professions incl. nurses, teachers
24.5%
Clerical & service staff
25.6%
Manual workers
29.3%
Real estate
Median
$2,670/m²
$1,070 $5,150
House $2,560 Apt $3,630
-1.5%/yr 2023–25
Median surface
—m²
Taxe foncière
40.01%
typical commune rate · TFPB
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Price distribution across communes · $/m²
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