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A town of 1,298 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Le Plessis-Brion has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above 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 Le Plessis-Brion does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Plessis-Brion 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 Le Plessis-Brion: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1946.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Plessis-Brion.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Oise can expect 84.5 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 144 residents of Le Plessis-Brion died, against 135 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. There are 2 general practitioners in the town.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.3 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Clotaire BaujoinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 83%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 33% of adults. 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Oise’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Le Plessis-Brion | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 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.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, above Oise’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Le Plessis-Brion has 100 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.1 per worker. 8.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Oise’s towns (17.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Also worth knowing: of those in the labour force, 8.4% are unemployed.
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.
A home here costs 5.8 years of the median income in Communauté de communes des Deux Vallées. 60 sales of houses and apartments in Le Plessis-Brion, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,151/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,151/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Le Plessis-Brion came to 8 in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.6 violent offenses and 11.2 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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, burglary, vehicle theft 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, 51.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Le Plessis-Brion. Best known first.
MuseumCité des bateliers2.2 km west, in Longueil-AnnelAttractionAttractionClairière de l'Armistice4.2 km south, in CompiègneChâteauChâteauChâteau du Francport4 km southeast, in Choisy-au-BacMonastery or conventMonastery or conventPrieuré de la Verrue4.8 km northeast, in PimprezMuseumMuseumMusée du Mémorial de l’Armistice4.4 km south, in CompiègnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Le Plessis-Brion has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Plessis-Brion 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 Plessis-Brion | 1,298 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Thourotte | 4,463 | 1.2 | C− | B− | C− | B |
| Longueil-Annel | 2,586 | 1.3 | D | B− | B− | D− |
| Choisy-au-Bac | 3,449 | 1.7 | B+ | C− | A | C |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt | 3,871 | 3.8 | D− | B | C− | D |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne | 8,677 | 4.2 | C | C− | B | C+ |
| Compiègne | 40,761 | 5.2 | C− | C− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Plessis-Brion has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,151/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Plessis-Brion grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Le Plessis-Brion is a commune of 1,298 people in the Communauté de communes des Deux Vallées. 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.