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1,456 residents make their home in this town in Marne, Grand Est.
Prices are modest for what you get (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its schools fall short: brevet results 6.4 points below the expected rate. It also trails on jobs & income (D) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.6% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too — 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Just-Sauvage 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-Sauvage does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Just-Sauvage 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-Sauvage 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-Sauvage as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen de Nuisy dit "Les Pierres de Sainte-Geneviève", in Fontaine-Denis-Nuisy, 5.1 mi away.
16% 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-Sauvage.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,340/m²: 54 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Just-Sauvage between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.64/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,340/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); 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 3.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 93%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Saint-Just-Sauvage didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 4.2% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,960 a year per consumption unit, in line with Marne’s towns (€24,755) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Just-Sauvage records 93 deaths per 100 expected, near Marne’s towns (92) and higher than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 152 residents of Saint-Just-Sauvage died, against 164 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Marne is 84.9 years for women and 79.4 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Marne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Over-65s are 26% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Just-Sauvage | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Just-Sauvage is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Just-Sauvage yet.
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-Sauvage | 1,456 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Romilly-sur-Seine Aube | 14,959 | 3.3 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande Aube | 2,605 | 10 | C | A | C− | D− |
| Sézanne | 4,576 | 12 | C+ | A | C− | B− |
| Nogent-sur-Seine Aube | 5,537 | 13 | C− | B+ | C | C |
| Arcis-sur-Aube Aube | 2,785 | 17 | C | A+ | C− | C− |
| Saint-Lyé Aube | 2,956 | 17 | A+ | B+ | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Just-Sauvage has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 15.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,340/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-Sauvage grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Saint-Just-Sauvage is a commune of 1,456 people in the Communauté de communes de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais. 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.