Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 1,635: a town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Just-la-Pendue’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 5.8% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health and B for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,170/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Just-la-Pendue 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.
The 2 things Saint-Just-la-Pendue does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Just-la-Pendue 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-la-Pendue has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Just-la-Pendue as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Bussière, in Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé, 8.1 mi away.
30% 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-la-Pendue.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 42 homes in Saint-Just-la-Pendue. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,229/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.1%. 30% of residents are 65 or over, above Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Under 15: 16% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Just-la-Pendue | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
The census found nearly one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €24,460 a year per consumption unit, below Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 375 residents of Saint-Just-la-Pendue died, against 299 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Just-la-Pendue is Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare, 9.5 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners locally. Life expectancy at birth in Loire is 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Heritage in and near Saint-Just-la-Pendue. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Just-la-Pendue is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Saint-Just-la-Pendue.
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-la-Pendue | 1,635 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Balbigny | 2,911 | 5.6 | B | B | A | C+ |
| Amplepuis Rhône | 4,876 | 7 | A− | A | C | B− |
| Panissières | 2,911 | 8.4 | — | A+ | — | B+ |
| Tarare Rhône | 10,893 | 9.4 | B+ | B+ | C | B+ |
| Feurs | 8,367 | 10 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs Rhône | 5,771 | 11 | A− | A+ | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Just-la-Pendue has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Just-la-Pendue grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Just-la-Pendue is a commune of 1,635 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays entre Loire et Rhône. 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.