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A town of 1,483 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Bailleval has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,358/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Liancourtois. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bailleval does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bailleval 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Bailleval as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Camp de César, in Nointel, 1.6 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Bailleval. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bailleval.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Bailleval sits below both Oise’s towns (89.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La RochefoucauldNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 77%−8 pts |
| Lycée professionnel RobervalNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 174 | 80%−8 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.
The median price, €2,358/m², comes from 40 sales of houses and apartments in Bailleval from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,353/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Bailleval below both Oise’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
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
On this, Bailleval is above both Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970). 7.3% of the labour force are out of work. Bailleval has 200 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Bailleval comes above both Oise’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.9% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Bailleval | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Bailleval 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 Bailleval 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailleval | 1,483 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Liancourt | 6,785 | 1.1 | D | C+ | D | B− |
| Rantigny | 2,524 | 1.4 | D | C+ | B | D |
| Cauffry | 2,649 | 2.1 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Breuil-le-Vert | 3,183 | 2.3 | B | C | A− | B− |
| Laigneville | 4,926 | 3.3 | C− | C | B | C− |
| Clermont | 10,564 | 3.3 | D | C+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bailleval has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 5 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 12% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.24/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bailleval grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Bailleval is a commune of 1,483 people in the Communauté de communes du Liancourtois. 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 October 30, 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.