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A town in Nord, Hauts-de-France, home to 699 people.
There are no grades for Oisy: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Oisy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien site minier de Wallers-Arenberg, in Wallers, 1.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oisy.
Children under 15 make up just over a fifth of residents. A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 19% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Oisy | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
After tax and benefits, the median income is €30,090 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Oisy counts 0.1 jobs (50 jobs, 300 workers). One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Oisy, 77.1% passed the bac, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 72% passed the bac pro, of 550 candidates at 5 lycées. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Gilles de GennesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 73%−7 pts |
| Lycée Alfred KastlerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 135 | 90%−2 pts |
| Lycée Dampierre PrivateBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 72 | 85%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.01/m² a month. The market in Oisy: 24 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 88% of what sold.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Oisy. Best known first.
Nothing in Oisy 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 Oisy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisy | 699 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hérin | 4,169 | 0.6 | D | B− | C+ | D− |
| Haveluy | 3,222 | 1.6 | C | B | A | D− |
| La Sentinelle | 3,103 | 1.9 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Petite-Forêt | 5,054 | 1.9 | D | C+ | D− | D |
| Wallers | 5,633 | 2 | D− | C+ | B | D− |
| Trith-Saint-Léger | 6,019 | 2.9 | D | B− | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Oisy is a commune of 699 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. 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) · 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.