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This town in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,577.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 12.1% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Just-d'Ardèche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Just-d'Ardèche 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.
Saint-Just-d'Ardèche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Sulpice, in Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche, 2.1 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 147 deaths in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche from 2016 to 2025; there were 133, 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Just-d'Ardèche is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze, 10 mi away. Also worth knowing: in Ardèche, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has one family doctor.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.84/m² a month, about level with Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €10.46/m² a month. Sales in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche from July 2023 to June 2026: 33 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,207/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, lower than Ardèche’s towns (27%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Half the people of Saint-Just-d'Ardèche are older than 48.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Just-d'Ardèche | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €24,450 a year per consumption unit, between Ardèche’s towns (€22,735) and compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 12.1%. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche was criminal damage (2025). All told, Saint-Just-d'Ardèche had 12 recorded offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.3.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (37.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Saint-Just-d'Ardèche. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Saint-Just-d'Ardèche.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Just-d'Ardèche is a commune of 1,577 people in the Communauté de communes du Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Just-d'Ardèche | 1,577 | — | — | B | — | C+ |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit Gard | 10,958 | 3.6 | B− | B− | B− | C+ |
| Lapalud Vaucluse | 3,853 | 3.8 | C | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol | 7,661 | 5 | B− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Pierrelatte Drôme | 13,756 | 6.5 | C+ | B− | C | B− |
| Bollène Vaucluse | 14,024 | 7 | D | C+ | C− | B− |
| Mondragon Vaucluse | 3,833 | 7 | D | C+ | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Just-d'Ardèche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Just-d'Ardèche grades B for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.