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A town of 1,552 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Goincourt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% 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 Goincourt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Goincourt 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Goincourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Saint-Martin-le-Noeud, in Aux Marais, 1.3 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and family days out in and near Goincourt. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais3.3 km east, in Beauvais
MuseumMusée départemental de l'Oise3.2 km east, in Beauvais
AttractionMaladrerie Saint-Lazare de Beauvais4.8 km east, in BeauvaisTheme parkTheme parkParc Saint-Paul4 km west, in Saint-PaulFortFortTour Boileau2.8 km east, in BeauvaisAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Quentin2.8 km east, in BeauvaisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Goincourt.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Goincourt is below both Oise’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
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
In the comparison, Goincourt comes below both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Goincourt has 250 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 7.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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 sale price was €1,968/m², below both Oise’s towns (€2,311/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,976/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Goincourt, that is above both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). 19% of residents are children under 15.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Goincourt | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Goincourt, 92.0% passed the bac, above Oise’s towns (89.7%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules MicheletNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 76%−1 pt |
| Lycée François TruffautNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 325 | 93%−2 pts |
| Collège Henri BaumontBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 147 | 80%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Goincourt 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 Goincourt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goincourt | 1,552 | — | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Beauvais | 55,550 | 2.2 | D | C | D | C− |
| Auneuil | 2,898 | 4.2 | C+ | C | B | A− |
| Bresles | 4,029 | 9.6 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Noailles | 2,877 | 9.9 | C− | C | B | D |
| Sainte-Geneviève | 3,505 | 12 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand | 3,462 | 13 | A− | B− | B+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Goincourt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns. 93% of 325 candidates passed the bac at Lycée François Truffaut in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.26/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Goincourt grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Goincourt is a commune of 1,552 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis. 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.