A strong record with one exception. It does especially well on safety: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 13.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walkability is a strength too (B+): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The catch is jobs & income (C) — 1 job per working resident; 12.4% unemployment. At the median price of €1,859/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall and a rank of #3 of 11 in Ariège. Nationally, it does better than 72% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B for health.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
What makes Saint-Jean-du-Falga stand out
The 2 things Saint-Jean-du-Falga does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Jean-du-Falga 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-du-Falga.
Who lives here
An older town: 30% of people in Saint-Jean-du-Falga are 65 or over, more than in both Ariège’s towns and compared French towns
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Ariège’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. Saint-Jean-du-Falga has a median age of 50 years.
50median age
Saint-Jean-du-FalgaAriège medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Fewer commuters in Saint-Jean-du-Falga walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 9.9%
Unemployment stands at 12.4%. Saint-Jean-du-Falga has 1,050 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 1 per worker. The median disposable income was €24,910 a year per consumption unit, higher than Ariège’s towns (€23,470) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport4%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,050
jobs based in Saint-Jean-du-Falga, 1 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Jean-du-Falga ranks below 66% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Recorded offenses in Saint-Jean-du-Falga came to 45 in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Burglary10
Family violence8
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence25
Fraud15
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
45
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 7.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
90.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #3 of 10 in Ariège. Vocational results within 5 km: 87% passed the bac pro, of 104 candidates at 2 lycées. For collège, the closest is 1.5 mi away.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Saint-Jean-du-Falga records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 95 in Ariège’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
463 deaths in Saint-Jean-du-Falga between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 451: 3% above. In Ariège, women can expect to live 84.9 years and men 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 4 general practitioners here.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Jean-du-Falga · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chiva site Saint Jean de Verges
4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chiva site Saint Jean de Verges
84.9 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ariège, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
94 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Jean-du-Falga, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,859/m². Only one of the 11 towns in Ariège costs more to buy into than Saint-Jean-du-Falga, whose median sale is €1,859/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.02/m² a month, near Ariège’s towns (€9.99/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,859/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Jean-du-Falga€1,859/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ariège median€1,645/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,892/m²
83
€10.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.12 to €12.37/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Jean-du-Falga
Is Saint-Jean-du-Falga safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #4 of 11 in Ariège. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Jean-du-Falga good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #3 of 10 in Ariège. 96% of 278 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pyrène in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Jean-du-Falga expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,859/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Jean-du-Falga grades B for cost of living.
About Saint-Jean-du-Falga
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Saint-Jean-du-Falga is a commune of 2,851 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. 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
2,851 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
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.
