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This town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 1,625.
Housing is within reach (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−) — 17% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median price paid is €1,583/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Jouvent 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-Jouvent 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-Jouvent has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Saint-Jouvent does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Jouvent; none is classé, France’s top protection.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Saint-Jouvent has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Domaine du château de Boisse: Photo: Marc Perrir · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jouvent.
Unemployment stood at 4.5%, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Jouvent holds 200 jobs; 800 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Median disposable income comes to €27,180 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.01/m² a month, close to Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €8.92/m² a month. 61 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Jouvent from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,583/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Jouvent is Hopital de la Mere et de L Enfant, 10.2 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint-Jouvent come to 99 per 100 predicted. 121 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 122: 1% below. Life expectancy in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
19% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 18% of the population. Line up the people of Saint-Jouvent by age and the one in the middle is 44.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Jouvent | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Jouvent; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Violence against people averaged 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 3.7. More of the graded crimes in Saint-Jouvent were armed robbery than anything else (2025).
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Jouvent as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Jouvent is a commune of 1,625 people in the Communauté de communes Élan Limousin Avenir Nature. 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-Jouvent | 1,625 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Couzeix | 10,195 | 5.7 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Rilhac-Rancon | 4,805 | 6.8 | B | B+ | A+ | C+ |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 5,775 | 8.3 | B | B | A | B+ |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne | 4,903 | 8.5 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
| Limoges | 129,937 | 8.6 | C | B+ | D | B− |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 2,550 | 8.8 | — | A− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Jouvent has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jouvent grades A− 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.