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A town of 1,100 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Betz has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% 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 Betz does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Betz 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 Betz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul, in Bouillancy, 3.2 mi away.
13% 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 Betz.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Oise: 84.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 56 deaths in Betz from 2016 to 2025; there were 39, 31% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Betz is Centre hospitalier de Meaux site Saint Faron, 13.5 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel PagnolNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 81%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 20%, above Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 make up 12% of the town. At 40.6, the median resident of Betz sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Betz | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Betz. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.70/m² a month. Houses were 93% of what sold.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per resident in work, Betz counts 0.4 jobs (250 jobs, 550 workers). At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Betz didn’t travel to work at all. 13.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Oise’s towns (17.7%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Betz 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 Betz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betz | 1,100 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Crépy-en-Valois | 14,351 | 5.8 | B− | C− | B | B− |
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin | 4,258 | 6.5 | B− | C− | B− | D− |
| Villers-Cotterêts Aisne | 10,489 | 9 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Saint-Pathus Seine-et-Marne | 6,479 | 9.2 | B− | C− | A− | C− |
| Lizy-sur-Ourcq Seine-et-Marne | 3,627 | 9.6 | D− | C+ | D− | D |
| Le Plessis-Belleville | 4,009 | 9.7 | C+ | D | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Betz has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 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 13% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Betz is a commune of 1,100 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Valois. 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 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.