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A town of 1,401 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Just-de-Claix 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-de-Claix 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-de-Claix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Just-de-Claix as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de l'Arthaudière, in Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne, 3.8 mi away.
12% 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-de-Claix.
Saint-Just-de-Claix holds 550 jobs; 650 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. 10.4% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Isère’s towns (8.1%). The median disposable income is €25,330 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, lower than both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: a fifth of residents. Half the people of Saint-Just-de-Claix are older than 39.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Just-de-Claix | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,333/m²: 31 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Just-de-Claix between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,333/m² | 31 |
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.
In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Just-de-Claix records 89 deaths per 100 expected, higher than Isère’s towns (84) and near compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 90 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 80, 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Just-de-Claix is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 12.9 mi away.
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 A−.
Other places to visit, heritage and gardens in and near Saint-Just-de-Claix. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Just-de-Claix 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-de-Claix 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-de-Claix | 1,401 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans Drôme | 2,874 | 4 | B | B+ | A | C |
| Chatte | 2,518 | 4.6 | B | B | B− | B |
| Saint-Marcellin | 7,700 | 5.6 | C+ | B | C− | B− |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet Drôme | 6,523 | 10 | A− | C− | A+ | A |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe Drôme | 3,424 | 11 | A− | B− | A | B− |
| Romans-sur-Isère Drôme | 33,464 | 11 | C | B | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Just-de-Claix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,333/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Just-de-Claix grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Just-de-Claix is a commune of 1,401 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. 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 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.