Saint-Julien-Chapteuil’s strongest is schools: brevet results a point above the expected rate. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for walkability. Holiday and other second homes account for 21% of homes.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Julien-Chapteuil 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-Julien-Chapteuil 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Église Saint-Julien · Classé · Photo: Torsade de Pointes · Public domain
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil’s story
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1907.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Jules Romains, born in 1885, is the one person born in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1907First protected: Église Saint-Julien
1982Most recently protected: Chapelle du hameau de la Chapelette
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
The estimated advertised rent in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil is €9.46/m² a month, against €8.91/m² in Haute-Loire’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,906/m²: 49 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 86% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,906/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil€1,906/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Loire median€1,646/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,931/m²
42
€9.46/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.26 to €12.33/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Mézenc-Loire-Meygal
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil has fewer young adults than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 8% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above both Haute-Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by a third of adults. The middle age in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil is 47.1.
47.1median age
Saint-Julien-ChapteuilHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil is Église Saint-Julien. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, 7.1%, runs below Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
700 jobs are based in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, for 850 working residents (0.8 per worker). 8.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot7%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
700
jobs based in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, 0.8 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Julien-Chapteuil sees more deaths than 50% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Julien-Chapteuil is Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay, 9.3 mi away. Its care home for older people (58 places) counts its residents as Saint-Julien-Chapteuil’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. 301 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 266: 13% above. In Haute-Loire, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
9.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
85.7 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Julien-Chapteuil
Is Saint-Julien-Chapteuil safe?
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil good?
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Julien-Chapteuil expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,906/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Julien-Chapteuil grades B+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Julien-Chapteuil
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil is a commune of 2,019 people in the Communauté de communes Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. 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
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.
