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A town in Oise, Hauts-de-France, home to 2,439 people.
Le Mesnil-en-Thelle’s best grade is for walkability (A) — 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Pupils here do less well than most (D): bac results 5.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.6 points below the expected rate. It lags on cost of living as well (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is weaker too (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Le Mesnil-en-Thelle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Le Mesnil-en-Thelle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Mesnil-en-Thelle 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.
Le Mesnil-en-Thelle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Le Mesnil-en-Thelle has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1966.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Mesnil-en-Thelle.
Unemployment stands at 7.8%. Le Mesnil-en-Thelle has 350 jobs for 1,100 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Public transport took just over a tenth of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Le Mesnil-en-Thelle, 84.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with Oise’s towns (85.3%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). Vocational results within 5 km: 73% passed the bac pro, of 138 candidates. The nearest collège is 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 89%−2 pts |
| Lycée Évariste GaloisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 268 | 88%−4 pts |
| Collège Georges BrassensBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 97 | 85%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,888/m²: 90 houses and apartments sold in Le Mesnil-en-Thelle between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 82% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,789/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 163 deaths in Le Mesnil-en-Thelle from 2016 to 2025; there were 156, 4% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, about level with Oise’s towns (97) and above compared French towns (88). At birth, a girl in Oise can expect 84.5 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises here.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Children under 15 make up 20%, close to Oise’s towns (19%) and above compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Le Mesnil-en-Thelle: 41, the median. People 65 and over make up 19% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Le Mesnil-en-Thelle | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 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 Le Mesnil-en-Thelle is Église Saint-Michel. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.8% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In all, 21 offenses reached the police record in Le Mesnil-en-Thelle in 2025. Violence against people ran at 2.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.3 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (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, burglary and theft from vehicles, 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, 28.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Le Mesnil-en-Thelle. Best known first.
Le Mesnil-en-Thelle has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Michel: Photo: Chatsam · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Mesnil-en-Thelle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mesnil-en-Thelle | 2,439 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Bernes-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 2,684 | 1.2 | — | D | — | C− |
| Chambly | 9,959 | 1.7 | D | D | C− | C |
| Persan Val-d'Oise | 14,359 | 1.7 | D− | D | C− | D− |
| Beaumont-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 10,232 | 2.4 | D− | D | C | C |
| Bruyères-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 4,921 | 2.6 | D | D | B− | C |
| Champagne-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 5,036 | 3.3 | D | D | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Mesnil-en-Thelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. 88% of 268 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Évariste Galois 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.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,888/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Mesnil-en-Thelle grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Le Mesnil-en-Thelle is a commune of 2,439 people in the Communauté de communes Thelloise. 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.