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A town of 1,623 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Esches has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 6.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.3 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,700/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Sablons. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% 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.
Each subject compares Esches 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 Esches as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Amblainville, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Esches.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Esches, below both Oise’s towns (85.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Vocational results within 5 km: 70% passed the bac pro, of 100 candidates. For collège, the closest is 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 81%−1 pt |
| Lycée CondorcetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 283 | 89%−5 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.
35 sales of houses and apartments in Esches, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,700/m². Houses made up 94% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,692/m² | 33 |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 220 residents of Esches died, against 164 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% more. The nearest emergency department to Esches is Hopital Novo site Beaumont Ex Carnelle Porte de L Oise, 7.6 mi away. Women in Oise live to 84.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
20% are under 15, higher than both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 16% of the population. Also worth knowing: among adults, 32% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Esches | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate comes to 8.3%. Jobs located in Esches: 300, for 750 residents in work (0.4 each). Public transport took 14.2% of Esches’ working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Esches. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Nacre et de la Tabletterie3 km northwest, in MéruChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Anserville3 km east, in BornelChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sandricourt2.7 km southwest, in AmblainvilleChâteauChâteauLe château de Puiseux4.9 km east, in Puiseux-le-HaubergerPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Esches 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 Esches 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esches | 1,623 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Bornel | 4,832 | 1.9 | C− | C− | B | D |
| Méru | 13,897 | 1.9 | D− | C− | C | C− |
| Andeville | 3,434 | 2.7 | C+ | C+ | A+ | D |
| Sainte-Geneviève | 3,505 | 5 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Chambly | 9,959 | 5.1 | D | D | C− | C |
| Neuilly-en-Thelle | 4,127 | 5.3 | C− | C− | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Esches 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 6.2 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 9% of compared French towns. 89% of 283 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Condorcet in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,700/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Esches grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Esches is a commune of 1,623 people in the Communauté de communes des Sablons. 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.