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1,140 people call this town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 23% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Over-65s are nearly a third of the population.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette 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-Julien-Molin-Molette 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-Julien-Molin-Molette has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Claire (ancienne), in Annonay, 6 mi away.
36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 27 homes in Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 5.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du PilatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 56 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
A quarter of adults hold a degree, below both Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a third of residents. The share of residents under 15 is 14%.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 12% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Loire can expect 85.6 years and a boy 80.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette records 99 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Loire’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 198 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 287, 45% more.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
9.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €24,130 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette is a commune of 1,140 people in the Communauté de communes des Monts du Pilat. 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
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-Julien-Molin-Molette | 1,140 | — | — | A+ | — | C− |
| Bourg-Argental | 2,886 | 2.9 | A+ | A | B+ | B |
| Annonay Ardèche | 17,274 | 5.9 | B+ | A | C− | B |
| Davézieux Ardèche | 3,205 | 6.2 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Roiffieux Ardèche | 2,743 | 7.1 | — | A− | — | A |
| Pélussin | 3,727 | 7.3 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay Ardèche | 2,725 | 8.3 | — | B− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 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 89% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.