Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 9,082 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Lamorlaye grades B+ overall: better than 70% of compared French towns, and #7 of 56 in Oise. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 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 31% 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Lamorlaye does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lamorlaye 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 Lamorlaye as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye de Royaumont, in Asnières-sur-Oise, 2.3 mi away.
2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Lamorlaye. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye de Royaumont3.6 km southwest, in Asnières-sur-Oise
MuseumPavillon de Manse4.8 km northeast, in Chantilly
ChâteauChâteau de la Reine Blanche3.8 km east, in Coye-la-ForêtChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lamorlayein townAbbeyAbbeyPalais abbatial de Royaumont3.7 km west, in Asnières-sur-OisePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lamorlaye.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Lamorlaye, that is below both Oise’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 787 residents of Lamorlaye died, against 1,004 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Lamorlaye sits above both Oise’s towns (€13.79/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €3,861/m², comes from 342 sales of houses and apartments in Lamorlaye from July 2023 to June 2026. Lamorlaye is the second most expensive of the 59 towns in Oise, at €3,861/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,899/m² | 217 |
| Apartments | €3,828/m² | 125 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Lamorlaye above both Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 7.7%. Lamorlaye has 2,250 jobs for 3,950 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Lamorlaye is above both Oise’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 25% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lamorlaye | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 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.
In the comparison, Lamorlaye comes above both Oise’s towns (85.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 93%−1 pt |
| Lycée Jean RostandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 375 | 95%−2 pts |
| Collège Sonia DelaunayBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 94%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 173 offenses in the graded categories in Lamorlaye in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.3% of the index here.
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
Nothing in Lamorlaye 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 Lamorlaye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamorlaye | 9,082 | — | B+ | C− | B− | A |
| Gouvieux | 8,867 | 1.9 | B+ | C− | B− | A |
| Coye-la-Forêt | 3,915 | 2.3 | B+ | C− | B | A |
| Chaumontel Val-d'Oise | 3,332 | 2.4 | — | D | — | C+ |
| Chantilly | 10,591 | 2.5 | C | D | D | B+ |
| Asnières-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 3,127 | 3.1 | C+ | C− | A− | D |
| Luzarches Val-d'Oise | 5,008 | 3.2 | C− | C− | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #27 of 56 in Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 53 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns and #14 of 55 in Oise. 95% of 375 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Rostand 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.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,861/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,899/m² (217 sales), apartments €3,828/m² (125 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lamorlaye grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Lamorlaye is a commune of 9,082 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Aire Cantilienne. 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.