Where it does best is schools: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Cost of living is another plus (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (D). Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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-Just 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 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.
Ensemble mégalithique dénommé alignements de Cojoux: Photo: Christophe Chauvin · Public domain · Sépulture mégalithique dite le Four Sarrazin ou les Pierres Chevêches: Photo: Erwan Corre · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tumulus surmonté de menhirs, dit le Château Bû: Photo: GO69 · CC0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Just.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
On foot, Saint-Just works less well than 89% of compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €24,850 a year per consumption unit, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 5.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. For its 500 residents in work, Saint-Just has 200 jobs: 0.4 each. Unemployment stands at 6.6%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Saint-Just, 0.4 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Buying in Saint-Just costs less than in both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €1,522/m²
€1,522/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.59/m² a month, below both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 41 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Just from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.35/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Just€1,522/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ille-et-Vilaine median€2,729/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,522/m²
41
€9.59/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.65 to €12.01/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,390
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Just sees more deaths than 72% of compared French towns
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint-Just come to 97 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 97 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 94, 3% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Just is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 9.4 mi away. In Ille-et-Vilaine, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Just · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
9.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir
86 · 80.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ille-et-Vilaine, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Saint-Just: 20% were built before 1919, more than in both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns and compared French towns
7historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Just has 7 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Ensemble mégalithique dénommé alignements de Cojoux. It has 63 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer people in Saint-Just hold a degree than in Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns or compared French towns: 25%
45.6median age
Aged 15 to 24: 8.9% of residents. 20% of residents are 65 or over, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) but below compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Saint-Just in two is 45.6.
Saint-JustIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Just is a commune of 1,107 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération. 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
1,107 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
Région
Brittany
Area
10.8 sq mi (28 km²)
INSEE code
35285
Saint-Just’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
Is Saint-Just safe?
Saint-Just has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Just good?
They grade A−, better than 85% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Just expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Just grades A− 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.
