Work and incomes are strong: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment. Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert’s overall grade of A− puts it better than 78% of compared French towns, #21 of 48 in Loire. At the median price of €2,525/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez Agglomération. What counts against it is health (C+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert.
Safety
Crime per resident in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert is lower than in 70% of compared French towns
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.4 violent offenses and 13 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert’s tally for 2025: 268 recorded offenses. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage93
Burglary68
Family violence37
Sexual violence19
Vehicle theft18
Theft from vehicles17
Other physical violence16
Fraud98
Theft without violence52
Drug use38
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
268
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, 92 per 100, but more than in both Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,817 deaths in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,439, 34% more. 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. 28 GPs practise locally.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw134
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
28
GPs in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Nord Chu de Saint Etienne
6.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Nord Chu de Saint Etienne
85.6 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert is Église de Saint-Rambert. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, above Loire’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
90.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 1.8 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, 94.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near Loire’s towns (93.4%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #31 of 50 in Loire.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert run higher than in both Loire’s towns and compared French towns: a median €29,650 a year per consumption unit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly one in ten commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 6.1%, lower than both Loire’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert didn’t travel to work at all.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
4,900
jobs based in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, 0.7 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
More people in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert hold a degree than in Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 38%
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 10% of residents. The age that splits Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert in two is 45.8. 17% are under 15, close to both Loire’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%).
45.8median age
Saint-Just-Saint-RambertLoire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
For cost of living, Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert gets a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,525/m²: 497 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.96/m² a month, higher than Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses sell for €2,717/m² locally, apartments for €2,133/m².
€2,525/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert€2,525/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire median€2,075/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,717/m²
372
Apartments
€2,133/m²
125
€10.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.12 to €14.79/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez Agglomération
Église de Saint-Rambert: Photo: D Villafruela · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Jean: Photo: D Villafruela · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Porte dite de Franchise à Saint-Rambert: Photo: D Villafruela · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Grangent (restes): Photo: TwoWings · Public domain
Famous people from Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
4 notable people were born in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Is Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #15 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 68 burglaries and 93 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert good?
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #31 of 50 in Loire. 98% of 436 candidates passed the bac at Lycée François Mauriac - Forez in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,525/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert grades B− for cost of living.
About Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert is a commune of 15,764 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez Agglomération. 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.
