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A town of 2,105 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Brenouille has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 4.3 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,326/m², a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte. Its strongest is walkability (B): 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Brenouille does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Brenouille 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Brenouille, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brenouille.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Brenouille below both Oise’s towns (85.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 93%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Brenouille’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, above 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 D− to B.
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, Brenouille is below both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Brenouille | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 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.
The median price, €2,326/m², comes from 66 sales of houses and apartments in Brenouille from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,321/m² | 65 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Brenouille comes below both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Brenouille has 450 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €27,190 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Brenouille, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie recorded 18 offenses in the graded categories in Brenouille in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 27.5% of the index here.
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
Heritage and museums in and near Brenouille. Best known first.
Brenouille has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brenouille 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenouille | 2,105 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte | 4,775 | 1.9 | A− | C− | A | A− |
| Villers-Saint-Paul | 6,480 | 2.4 | D− | D | C+ | D |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence | 12,361 | 3.1 | C | C | C+ | C− |
| Liancourt | 6,785 | 3.6 | D | C+ | D | B− |
| Nogent-sur-Oise | 21,907 | 3.7 | D | C− | B− | B |
| Laigneville | 4,926 | 4.1 | C− | C | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Brenouille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 11 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 10% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,326/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.28/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Brenouille grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Brenouille is a commune of 2,105 people in the Communauté de communes des Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte. 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.