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A town of 3,293 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Saint-Just has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A−): bac results 1.1 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Saint-Just does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Just 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-Just has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Just as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Lansargues, 2.1 mi away.
3.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Just.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.88/m² a month. The market in Saint-Just: 63 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €12.93/m² a month, about level with both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,428/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Half of Saint-Just is older than 40.5, half younger. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Just | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 87% of 153 candidates passed the bac pro. The bac pass rate near Saint-Just is 95.4%, near Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #22 of 80 in Hérault.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fréderic MistralNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 153 | 92%+10 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis FeuilladeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 303 | 97%+2 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Thérèse PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 98 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Just holds 500 jobs; 1,550 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Also worth knowing: households’ median disposable income: €26,750 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 6 general practitioners in Saint-Just. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saint-Just records 85 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 165 residents of Saint-Just died, against 194 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. In Hérault, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Saint-Just. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Tour des Prisons2.5 km northeast, in Lunel
ChâteauChâteau des Gaucelm2.5 km northeast, in LunelGardenGardenArboretum de Lunel1.6 km northeast, in LunelChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lunel-Viel3.1 km northwest, in Lunel-VielChâteauChâteauChâteau de Tourtoulon4.6 km west, in ValerguesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Saint-Just is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Just yet.
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-Just | 3,293 | — | — | D | — | B |
| Lunel | 26,623 | 1.6 | C− | D | C+ | C− |
| Lunel-Viel | 4,507 | 1.9 | C+ | D | B+ | C |
| Lansargues | 3,233 | 2.1 | A− | C− | B | A− |
| Marsillargues | 6,988 | 2.8 | C+ | D | B+ | C+ |
| Mudaison | 3,009 | 3.9 | — | D | — | A |
| Saint-Brès | 3,623 | 4.2 | B− | D | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Just has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 75% of compared French towns and #22 of 80 in Hérault. The lycée stands out: 97% of 303 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis Feuillade in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Just grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Saint-Just is a commune of 3,293 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lunel Agglo. 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
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 October 30, 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.