Cinqueux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 6.7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,666/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.9 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 (A−): 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% 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.
Each subject compares Cinqueux 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Cinqueux is better off than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,380 a year per consumption unit
That puts Cinqueux above both Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970). Cinqueux has 100 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 10.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport8%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Cinqueux, 0.2 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Cinqueux sees 93 deaths per 100 expected, against 97 in Oise’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 127 residents of Cinqueux died, against 137 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. 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+.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Cinqueux · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Ghpso Creil
8.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Ghpso Senlis
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Cinqueux keeps more of its old housing than Oise or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Cinqueux is above both Oise’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cinqueux, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cinqueux
Is Cinqueux safe?
Cinqueux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Cinqueux good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cinqueux expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,666/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.10/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cinqueux grades C for cost of living.
About Cinqueux
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Cinqueux is a commune of 1,630 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
Population
1,630 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte
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.
