Saint-Just-en-Chevalet’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income — 1.6 jobs per working resident; 11.7% unemployment. 11% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Just-en-Chevalet 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-en-Chevalet 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Fontaine de la Conche · Classé · Photo: Bastien.pierre · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet’s story
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1975.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet before 1900, the earliest Jean-Marie-Vital Ramey de Sugny, in 1753.
1975First protected: Château de Contenson
1982Most recently protected: Fontaine de la Conche
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.55/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,037/m²: 42 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 95% were houses.
€1,037/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet€1,037/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire median€2,075/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,015/m²
40
€7.55/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.85 to €9.73/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.91/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,460
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays d'Urfé
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Saint-Just-en-Chevalet’s ages would predict, 113 per 100 expected, above Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 234 deaths in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet from 2016 to 2025; there were 380, 62% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Just-en-Chevalet is Clinique Medico Chirurgicale de Renaison, 12.9 mi away. 2 GPs practise in the town.
+13%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw162
Adjusted113
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Medico Chirurgicale de Renaison
14.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Roanne
85.6 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
An older town: 35% of people in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet are 65 or over, more than in Loire’s towns or compared French towns
Aged 15 to 24: 7.4% of residents. Degrees are held by 18% of adults, below both Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Saint-Just-en-Chevalet is 53.2 years old.
53.2median age
Saint-Just-en-ChevaletLoire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Unemployment in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet, 11.7%, runs above Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €23,130 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970). 7.9% of Saint-Just-en-Chevalet’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot13%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
650
jobs based in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet, 1.6 per working resident
11.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet keeps more of its old housing than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Fontaine de la Conche. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet has 650 jobs for 400 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Recorded offenses here came to 6 in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5 cases of violence against people and 5.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
84.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 84.2% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Contenson and 2 more in and around Saint-Just-en-Chevalet
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Just-en-Chevalet. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Just-en-Chevalet
Is Saint-Just-en-Chevalet safe?
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Saint-Just-en-Chevalet good?
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Just-en-Chevalet expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,037/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Just-en-Chevalet grades A+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Just-en-Chevalet
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet is a commune of 1,169 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Urfé. 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
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.
