Homes sell for a median €2,197/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Bassin de Marennes. It is hard to get around without a car: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for 13% of homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Just-Luzac 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-Luzac 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.
Église paroissiale Saint-Just: Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison Hervé: Photo: Carabas1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Just-Luzac.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Fewer commuters in Saint-Just-Luzac walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
12.1% of people in the labour force have no job. The median disposable income was €24,750 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 7.0% of working residents in Saint-Just-Luzac at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
500
jobs based in Saint-Just-Luzac, 0.5 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 29% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in Saint-Just-Luzac, 93 per 100, but more than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Just-Luzac is Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Pasteur, 10.2 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Charente-Maritime is 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Just-Luzac · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Pasteur
12.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Rochefort
85.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Charente-Maritime, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Saint-Just-Luzac: 20% were built before 1919, more than in both Charente-Maritime’s towns and compared French towns
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Just-Luzac is Église paroissiale Saint-Just. The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in the town: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Houses and mansions, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Just-Luzac than in Charente-Maritime’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
47.4median age
25% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 15%, higher than Charente-Maritime’s towns (12%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
Saint-Just-LuzacCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Saint-Just-Luzac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
2025 saw 26 offenses recorded in Saint-Just-Luzac. Violence against people averaged 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.1. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Vehicle theft6
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud10
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.
3.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
36.6%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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 (36.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Just-Luzac is a commune of 2,136 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin de Marennes. 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
2,136 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Bassin de Marennes
Département
Charente-Maritime (17)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
19 sq mi (49.1 km²)
INSEE code
17351
Saint-Just-Luzac’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Just-Luzac
Is Saint-Just-Luzac safe?
Saint-Just-Luzac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Saint-Just-Luzac expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,197/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Just-Luzac grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
