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Population 1,008: a town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Saint-Justin a good place to live?

Work and incomes lag (C−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.6% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too: 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for just over one in ten homes. It skews older: 28% of residents are 65 or over.

Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Justin 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.

What makes Saint-Justin stand out

The 2 things Saint-Justin does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Saint-Justin grades

Each subject compares Saint-Justin 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.

How grading works

Saint-Justin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église Saint-Sernin de Douzevielle
Église Saint-Sernin de Douzevielle · Inscrit · Photo: Ad Vitam · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Justin’s story

Saint-Justin in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Saint-Justin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1973.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1973First protected: Église d'Argelouse
  • 2024Most recently protected: Manoir Dufour
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Justin.

Work & commuteJobs & income C−

Only 6.2% of commuters in Saint-Justin go to work without a car, fewer than in Landes’ towns and compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €24,410 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.2% of Saint-Justin’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 9.6%.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
200
jobs based in Saint-Justin, 0.4 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 31% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Saint-Justin than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults

One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, close to Landes’ towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Saint-Justin has a median age of 49.2 years.

49.2median age
Saint-JustinLandes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Justin
Saint-JustinLandes medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–248.6%8.9%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+28%28%22%
No diploma20%16%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%20%18%
Higher education22%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes

HealthHealth C+

Fewer deaths than expected in Saint-Justin, 93 per 100, but more than in Landes’ towns or compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Life expectancy in Landes: 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 113 deaths in Saint-Justin from 2016 to 2025; there were 105, 7% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Justin is Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources, 14 mi away. 2 GPs practise locally.

−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw93
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Justin · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources
14.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.

HousingCost of living C+

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Justin than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.98/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

27 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Justin from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.98/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Justin€10.98/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Landes median€13.01/m²
€10.98/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.72 to €13.83/m² a month)
€7.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,860
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Landes d'Armagnac

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

More protected monuments for its size in Saint-Justin than in Landes or compared French towns: 50 per 10,000 residents

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Homes from before 1919 make up 32% of the total, above Landes’ towns (3.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Saint-Justin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 5, make up the bulk. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.

5historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit5
12th c.
oldest protected part
1973
first monument protected
32%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%
50
monuments per 10,000 residents · median town 2.5

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Nearby attractions

Château de Fondat and 4 more in and around Saint-Justin

Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Justin. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Saint-Justin

13pages on Saint-Justin

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Saint-Justin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

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Photo credits

Église d'Argelouse: Photo: Ad Vitam · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Martin de Noët: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine de Fondat: Photo: Ad Vitam · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir Dufour: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saint-Justin

2 notable people were born in Saint-Justin.

Their page →

Saint-Justin’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Landes →
Villeneuve-de-MarsanMont-de-MarsanSaint-Pierre-du-MontVilleneuve-de-MarsanMont-de-MarsanSaint-Pierre-du-MontSaint-Justin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Justin1,008——C+—C+
Villeneuve-de-Marsan2,5087.4—B−—B
Mont-de-Marsan31,59214C+B−DB−
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont10,09216B+C+BB+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Saint-Justin

Is Saint-Justin safe?

Saint-Justin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

About Saint-Justin

Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saint-Justin is a commune of 1,008 people in the Communauté de communes des Landes d'Armagnac. 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
1,008 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Landes d'Armagnac
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
25.6 sq mi (66.3 km²)
INSEE code
40267

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.