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Largest city in the Vendée department: the 2026 ranking

The 253 towns of the Vendée department (85) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in the Vendée department is La Roche-sur-Yon, with 57,683 inhabitants (ranked 106th in France by population). The largest town by area is Montaigu-Vendée (117 km²). The most densely populated is Mallièvre, with 1,300 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Marillet has only 127 inhabitants.

The Vendée department has 732,903 inhabitants over 6,714 km², a density of 109 inhabitants per km², close to the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 18.3% of the population of Pays de la Loire, the region it belongs to: see the ranking of the largest cities in Pays de la Loire.

The 20 largest cities in the Vendée department by population

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 La Roche-sur-Yon 57,683 88 659 106th
2 Les Sables-d'Olonne 50,924 86 594 134th
3 Challans 23,627 65 364 390th
4 Montaigu-Vendée 21,789 117 187 438th
5 Les Herbiers 17,053 89 192 582nd
6 Fontenay-le-Comte 14,668 34 431 689th
7 Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez 13,344 49 273 758th
8 Aizenay 10,573 81 130 993rd
9 Luçon 9,704 32 308 1,096th
10 Saint-Jean-de-Monts 9,079 62 147 1,177th
11 Chantonnay 9,049 83 109 1,183rd
12 Le Poiré-sur-Vie 8,926 72 124 1,198th
13 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 8,741 10 853 1,234th
14 Talmont-Saint-Hilaire 8,658 90 97 1,247th
15 Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux 7,322 52 140 1,508th
16 Essarts-en-Bocage 7,022 69 102 1,574th
17 Sèvremont 6,708 89 76 1,653rd
18 Bellevigny 6,389 39 166 1,759th
19 Mortagne-sur-Sèvre 6,193 22 282 1,819th
20 Pouzauges 5,868 37 160 1,938th

Largest towns by area in the Vendée department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Montaigu-Vendée 21,789 117 187 171st
2 Talmont-Saint-Hilaire 8,658 90 97 302nd
3 Les Herbiers 17,053 89 192 309th
4 Sèvremont 6,708 89 76 311th
5 La Roche-sur-Yon 57,683 88 659 323rd
6 Les Sables-d'Olonne 50,924 86 594 346th
7 Chantonnay 9,049 83 109 369th
8 Aizenay 10,573 81 130 398th
9 Le Poiré-sur-Vie 8,926 72 124 505th
10 Essarts-en-Bocage 7,022 69 102 555th

Most densely populated towns in the Vendée department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Mallièvre 260 0.2 1,300 735th
2 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 8,741 10 853 1,119th
3 La Roche-sur-Yon 57,683 88 659 1,432nd
4 Les Sables-d'Olonne 50,924 86 594 1,569th
5 Fontenay-le-Comte 14,668 34 431 2,129th
6 La Chaize-Giraud 1,139 2.7 420 2,169th
7 Challans 23,627 65 364 2,469th
8 La Châtaigneraie 2,638 7.9 332 2,704th
9 L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île 2,875 8.7 329 2,736th
10 Luçon 9,704 32 308 2,928th

All towns in the Vendée department (253)

INSEE total population in parentheses. Each town page gives its area, density, national and departmental rankings, and neighboring towns.

Other departments in Pays de la Loire

Loire-Atlantique (44) Maine-et-Loire (49) Mayenne (53) Sarthe (72) All departments

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); land area: IGN / Observatoire des territoires. Rankings computed across the 34,858 communes in the database.

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