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A town of 2,243 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Jaux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is safety (C−): an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 26.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,458/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Jaux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Jaux 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 1 historic monument in Jaux: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Jaux. Best known first.
MuseumCamp de Royallieu2.7 km northeast, in Compiègne
Art galleryMusée Antoine-Vivenel4.5 km northeast, in CompiègneAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Royallieu2.3 km northeast, in CompiègneChâteauChâteauChâteau du Meux3.4 km southwest, in Le MeuxFortFortRemparts de Compiègne4.6 km northeast, in CompiègnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Jaux.
For 2025, the figures show 64 offenses in Jaux. With 1,300 jobs for 950 working residents, Jaux draws people in from neighbouring communes. Theft from vehicles topped the graded crimes in Jaux (2025).
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and burglary, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 11.8% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Jaux, 91.0% passed the bac, about level with Oise’s towns (89.7%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André MalrauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 88%+23 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Charles de GaulleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 224 | 91%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean-Paul II PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 32 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Jaux’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, near Oise’s towns (97) and higher than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 160 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 157, 2% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Oise is 84.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,458/m², comes from 64 sales of houses and apartments in Jaux from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.09/m² a month. Houses accounted for nearly nine in ten sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,434/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Oise’s towns (11%). Under 15: 19% of residents. People 65 and over make up 19% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Jaux | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Jaux is Église Saint-Pierre. Nearly one in ten homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 11.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Oise’s towns (17.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stood at 10.3%, close to both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jaux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Jaux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaux | 2,243 | — | — | C | C− | C− |
| Venette | 2,758 | 2.2 | C− | C | C− | C |
| Compiègne | 40,761 | 2.2 | C− | C− | C | C+ |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen | 5,415 | 2.4 | C+ | C− | B− | C− |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne | 8,677 | 3.2 | C | C− | B | C+ |
| Choisy-au-Bac | 3,449 | 5.9 | B+ | C− | A | C |
| Verberie | 3,898 | 6 | C+ | C− | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns. 91% of 224 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charles de Gaulle in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,458/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.13/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Jaux grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Jaux is a commune of 2,243 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne. 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.