Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is another plus — 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 26% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B− for schools 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) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Salins-les-Bains 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 Salins-les-Bains 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.
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Hôtel de ville · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0
Salins-les-Bains’ story
Salins-les-Bains in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 24 historic monuments in Salins-les-Bains: 7 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 17 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1846.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1991.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1846First protected: Église Saint-Anatoile
1991The protected historic area is created
2024Most recently protected: Hôtel Choderlos de Laclos
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salins-les-Bains.
HealthHealth D−
Mortality in Salins-les-Bains, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Jura’s towns and compared French towns: 131 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 637 residents of Salins-les-Bains died, against 420 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 52% more. In Jura, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.1 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 6 GPs practise in the town. The nearest emergency department to Salins-les-Bains is Ch Jura Sud site Champagnole, 14.1 mi away.
+31%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw152
Adjusted131
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Salins-les-Bains · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Jura Sud site Champagnole
19.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de Franche Comte
85.1 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Jura, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A home in Salins-les-Bains sells for €1,154/m², less than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.89/m² a month, below both Jura’s towns (€10.38/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house in Salins-les-Bains goes for €1,373/m², an apartment for €999/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.72/m² a month.
€1,154/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Salins-les-Bains€1,154/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Jura median€1,658/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,373/m²
56
Apartments
€999/m²
60
€8.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.81 to €11.61/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,500
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du Jura
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 35% of people in Salins-les-Bains are 65 or over, more than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2% of the town, lower than both Jura’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 22% of adults. Half of Salins-les-Bains is older than 55.4, half younger.
55.4median age
Salins-les-BainsJura medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
25.6% of commuters in Salins-les-Bains go to work without a car, more than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns
1,600 jobs are based in Salins-les-Bains, for 850 working residents (1.8 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €22,910 a year per consumption unit, below Jura’s towns (€24,890) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 6.3% of Salins-les-Bains’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
26%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving67%
On foot22%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,600
jobs based in Salins-les-Bains, 1.8 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Salins-les-Bains: 33% were built before 1919, more than in Jura’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 24 historic monuments in Salins-les-Bains: 7 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 17 inscrit (the second level). A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1991. The town has 100 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Jura’s towns (6) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Anatoile.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Salins-les-Bains is 96.0%, above Jura’s towns (93.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest collège is 0.7 mi off.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
The Culture ministry lists 24 historic monuments in Salins-les-Bains: 7 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 17 inscrit (the second level).
Église Saint-Anatoile: Photo: photography taken by Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anciennes salines royales de Salins-les-Bains, actuellement musée du sel: Photo: Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Notre-Dame-la-Libératrice: Photo: photography taken by Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Saint-André: Photo: RobertDetey · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Salins-les-Bains
Is Salins-les-Bains safe?
It has more crime per resident than 51% of compared French towns: an average of 6.8 recorded violent incidents and 14.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades B− for safety.
Are schools in Salins-les-Bains good?
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Salins-les-Bains expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Salins-les-Bains grades A+ for cost of living.
About Salins-les-Bains
Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Salins-les-Bains is a commune of 2,390 people in the Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du Jura. 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
2,390 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du Jura
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.
