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The town has 1,587 residents and lies in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Prices are modest for what you get (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health (D−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too — 1.5 jobs per working resident; 18.2% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €748/m².
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. Origny-Sainte-Benoite 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 Origny-Sainte-Benoite 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.
Origny-Sainte-Benoite has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Origny-Sainte-Benoite does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Origny-Sainte-Benoite as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle dite des Dormants, in Sissy, 3.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Origny-Sainte-Benoite 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 Origny-Sainte-Benoite.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Origny-Sainte-Benoite have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Origny-Sainte-Benoite is Smur Ch Saint Quentin Guise, 8 mi away. 172 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 124: 39% above. Life expectancy at birth in Aisne is 83.2 years for women and 77.4 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Origny-Sainte-Benoite recorded 51 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €748/m² | 51 |
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 8.6 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine-Nicolas de CondorcetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 84%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €20,380 a year. 18.2% of the labour force were unemployed, between Aisne’s towns (20.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 2.9% of working residents in Origny-Sainte-Benoite at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 18%, near Aisne’s towns (18%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Origny-Sainte-Benoite has a median age of 41.9. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Origny-Sainte-Benoite | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
2025 saw 21 offenses recorded in Origny-Sainte-Benoite. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.5 cases of violence against people and 16.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). This Aisne town has 800 jobs for 550 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (21.2% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
Heritage and museums in and near Origny-Sainte-Benoite. Best known first.
4 notable people were born in Origny-Sainte-Benoite.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Origny-Sainte-Benoite is a commune of 1,587 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de l'Oise. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origny-Sainte-Benoite | 1,587 | — | — | A+ | B− | D− |
| Guise | 4,490 | 7.6 | C | A | C− | D− |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand | 2,890 | 8.4 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Saint-Quentin | 52,813 | 9.1 | D | B | D− | D |
| Gauchy | 5,183 | 9.4 | D | B | C | D− |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois | 5,605 | 10 | C+ | A+ | D | D− |
| La Fère | 2,796 | 13 | C− | A− | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Origny-Sainte-Benoite grades A+ for cost of living.
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.