Saint-Junien’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The town’s overall grade is A−, better than 76% of compared French towns. That places it #12 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B− for schools, B 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Junien 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-Junien.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Saint-Junien costs less than in both Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.13/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,506/m², below Haute-Vienne’s towns (€1,607/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Sales in Saint-Junien from July 2023 to June 2026: 382 houses and apartments. Houses were 94% of what sold.
€1,506/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Junien€1,506/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,526/m²
359
€9.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.38 to €11.31/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.50/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Junien has 8 historic monuments, 4 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Saint-Junien is Ancienne abbaye de Saint-Amand. Per 10,000 residents, Saint-Junien counts 7 protected monuments. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Saint-Junien than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 29% of residents. At 49.9, the median resident of Saint-Junien sits in the middle of the age range.
49.9median age
Saint-JunienHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
More people in Saint-Junien are out of work than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 12.2%
The median disposable income was €24,690 a year per consumption unit, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. The census found just over one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot8%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
6,300
jobs based in Saint-Junien, 1.4 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Saint-Junien has a lower adjusted death rate than 59% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 13 general practitioners in Saint-Junien. Its care home for older people (158 places) counts its residents as Saint-Junien’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,495 residents of Saint-Junien died, against 1,609 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. Average lifespans in Haute-Vienne: 84.4 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
13
GPs in Saint-Junien · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
0.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Junien
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Junien has less crime per resident than 51% of compared French towns
With 6,300 jobs for 4,500 working residents, Saint-Junien draws people in from neighbouring communes. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 9.1 violent offenses and 12.1 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Junien show 234 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
9.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage71
Family violence58
Other physical violence34
Sexual violence31
Burglary20
Vehicle theft13
Theft from vehicles7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence82
Fraud61
Drug use44
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.
9.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
234
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
La Cité du cuir and 3 more in and around Saint-Junien
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Junien. Best known first.
Ancienne abbaye de Saint-Amand: Photo: Wapakk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont Saint-Elisabeth sur la Glane: Photo: BIGAUD · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Pont: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Sainte-Madeleine du cimetière, dite aussi chapelle du Civoire et chapelle Saint-Guignefort: Photo: Wapakk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sophie Vouzelaud: Dinkley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Joseph Louis Laval: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Maurice Arreckx: Sénat français, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Georges Gaudy: Auteur inconnu, CC BY 4.0
Saint-Junien’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-Junien
Is Saint-Junien safe?
It grades B− for safety, #17 of 19 in Haute-Vienne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 71 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Junien good?
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #4 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. 97% of 153 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Paul Éluard 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-Junien expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Junien grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Junien
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Junien is a commune of 11,415 people in the Communauté de communes Porte Océane du Limousin. 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.
