Jaujac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 15.6% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Jaujac 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Jaujac than in Ardèche’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.66/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Jaujac sits below both Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €1,980/m², comes from 47 sales of houses and apartments in Jaujac from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,980/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Jaujac€1,980/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ardèche median€1,907/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,947/m²
44
€8.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.88 to €10.89/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Ardèche des Sources et Volcans
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Jaujac keeps more of its old housing than Ardèche or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Jaujac above both Ardèche’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Jaujac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Jaujac’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 245 residents of Jaujac died, against 226 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. Its care home for older people (58 places) counts its residents as Jaujac’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Jaujac · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
7.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Ardeche Meridionale Aubenas
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Jaujac, 15.6%, runs above Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
On this, Jaujac is above both Ardèche’s towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 8.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot7%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Jaujac, 0.6 per working resident
15.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Jaujac
Is Jaujac safe?
Jaujac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Jaujac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,980/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Jaujac grades B for cost of living.
About Jaujac
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Jaujac is a commune of 1,199 people in the Communauté de communes Ardèche des Sources et Volcans. 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
Population
1,199 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Ardèche des Sources et Volcans
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.
