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A town of 2,838 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Bury has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is schools (C): brevet results a point below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,951/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Clermontois. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% 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 Bury does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bury 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.
Bury has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Bury counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
31% 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 Bury.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 205 deaths in Bury from 2016 to 2025; there were 215, 5% more. Average lifespans in Oise: 84.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 3 GPs practise here.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.7 mi to the nearest one. By results, schools here place #30 of 55 in Oise.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Romain RollandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 82%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Bury holds 450 jobs; 1,300 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Households’ median disposable income: €26,630 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.8% of working residents in Bury went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The middle age in Bury is 42.9. 20% of residents are 65 or over, close to Oise’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Bury | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,951/m², comes from 103 sales of houses and apartments in Bury from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.24/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,993/m² | 100 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Bury (2025). Its tally for 2025: 27 recorded offenses. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.1 violent offenses and 7.7 graded property crimes a year.
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 · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft 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, 25.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Bury has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bury as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury | 2,838 | — | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Mouy | 5,319 | 1.2 | D | B− | C− | C− |
| Cires-lès-Mello | 3,978 | 3 | B− | C+ | A− | C− |
| Cauffry | 2,649 | 4.3 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Rantigny | 2,524 | 4.5 | D | C+ | B | D |
| Laigneville | 4,926 | 4.7 | C− | C | B | C− |
| Breuil-le-Vert | 3,183 | 5.1 | B | C | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bury has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #30 of 55 in Oise. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,951/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.11/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bury grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Bury is a commune of 2,838 people in the Communauté de communes du Clermontois. 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.