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A town of 2,097 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Formerie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,500/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte. Its strongest is walkability (A): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% 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 3 things Formerie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Formerie 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 Formerie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Gaillefontaine, in Gaillefontaine, 4.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Formerie.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Formerie. The nearest emergency department to Formerie is Ch Beauvais, 20.5 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 250 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 275, 10% more. Average lifespans in Oise: 84.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Half of residents lived on more than €21,260 a year per consumption unit, below Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 1,250 jobs are based in Formerie, for 700 working residents (1.8 per worker). No commute at all: 7.5% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,500/m², comes from 63 sales of houses and apartments in Formerie from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,500/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 68 | 87%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 10% of adults. Children under 15 make up 15%, below both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Formerie is 49.9 years old.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Formerie | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 36% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 10% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Family violence topped the graded crimes in Formerie (2025). Recorded offenses here came to 38 in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8.2 (2023–2025 average).
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (19.3% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Formerie is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Formerie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formerie | 2,097 | — | — | A− | B+ | D |
| Forges-les-Eaux Seine-Maritime | 3,642 | 8.7 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Grandvilliers | 2,786 | 9.4 | C− | B | D | C− |
| Gournay-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 5,723 | 12 | C− | A− | D | B− |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 4,662 | 14 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand | 3,462 | 16 | A− | B− | B+ | A+ |
| Buchy Seine-Maritime | 2,815 | 18 | A− | A− | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns. 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 €1,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Formerie grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Formerie is a commune of 2,097 people in the Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte. 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.