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GlaignesOise

A town of 356 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.

Is Glaignes a good place to live?

Glaignes is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Église Notre-Dame Sainte-Marguerite
Église Notre-Dame Sainte-Marguerite · Classé · Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Glaignes’ story

Glaignes in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Glaignes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1913First protected: Église Notre-Dame Sainte-Marguerite
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Nearby attractions

Château d'Orrouy and 10 more in and around Glaignes

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Glaignes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Glaignes.

Who lives here

Glaignes has fewer young adults than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6% are 15 to 24

Degrees are held by 37% of adults, above Oise’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.

49.3median age
GlaignesOise medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education37%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Glaignes
GlaignesOise medianFrance median
Under 1517%19%17%
15–247.6%11%11%
25–4419%25%23%
45–6431%25%26%
65+26%19%22%
No diploma14%22%19%
CAP or BEP22%26%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education37%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Glaignes keeps more of its old housing than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Glaignes is Église Notre-Dame Sainte-Marguerite.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1913
first monument protected
33%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Glaignes is better off than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,130 a year per consumption unit

The unemployment rate comes to 6.1%. No commute at all: 5.2% of working residents in Glaignes at the census.

18%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving76%
Public transport14%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
0
jobs based in Glaignes, 0.1 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 3 mi away.

91.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Glaignes91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Gérard de NervalNearest collègeCollègeCollège13091%±0 pts
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Glaignes costs more than in Oise’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.77/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

A house rents for an estimated €11.54/m² a month. Glaignes recorded 9 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€14.77/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Glaignes€14.77/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Oise median€13.79/m²
€14.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.29 to €17.76/m² a month)
€11.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Glaignes

13pages on Glaignes

Landmarks

Glaignes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame Sainte-Marguerite: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Glaignes

One notable person was born in Glaignes.

Their page →

Glaignes’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Oise →
Béthisy-Saint-PierreCrépy-en-ValoisVerberieLacroix-Saint-OuenCompiègneNanteuil-le-HaudouinBéthisy-Saint-PierreCrépy-en-ValoisVerberieLacroix-Saint-OuenCompiègneNanteuil-le-HaudouinGlaignes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Glaignes356—————
Béthisy-Saint-Pierre3,1113.1CC+A−D
Crépy-en-Valois14,3513.3B−C−BB−
Verberie3,8986C+C−B−B+
Lacroix-Saint-Ouen5,4156.6C+C−B−C−
Compiègne40,7619.5C−C−CC+
Nanteuil-le-Haudouin4,2589.5B−C−B−D−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Glaignes

Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France

Glaignes is a commune of 356 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Valois. 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
356 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Valois
Département
Oise (60)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.1 sq mi (5.4 km²)
INSEE code
60274

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.