Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 540 residents in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Oxelaëre has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Oxelaëre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is La Mairie, ancienne Châtellenie de Cassel, in Cassel, 1.1 mi away.
19% 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 Oxelaëre.
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The median resident of Oxelaëre is 40.6 years old.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Oxelaëre | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 250 residents in work, Oxelaëre has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,020 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 5.7% of working residents here at the census.
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.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.6 mi off. The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert le FrisonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 92%+1 pt |
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.
The sales split: 88% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.90/m² a month. Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 17 homes were sold in Oxelaëre.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Oxelaëre. Best known first.
Nothing in Oxelaëre 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 Oxelaëre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxelaëre | 540 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Steenvoorde | 4,332 | 5.1 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
| Hazebrouck | 21,912 | 5.2 | B− | B− | B− | C− |
| Wormhout | 5,584 | 6.5 | A | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Morbecque | 2,573 | 7.3 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Arques Pas-de-Calais | 9,431 | 8.3 | C− | B− | C− | D− |
| Vieux-Berquin | 2,628 | 9.5 | — | B | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Oxelaëre is a commune of 540 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cœur de Flandre. 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.