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A town of 1,153 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Les Ageux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,296/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte. Its strongest is schools (A−): bac results 2.5 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Les Ageux 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 no building in Les Ageux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Maxence, in Pont-Sainte-Maxence, 1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Ageux.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.1 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 117 candidates passed the bac, 2 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph du Moncel PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 98%+2 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Joseph du Moncel PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 117 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Saint-Joseph du Moncel PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 24 | 100%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €27,630 a year per consumption unit, above both Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970). Les Ageux has 200 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.4 per worker. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how a fifth of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 96 residents of Les Ageux died, against 103 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Les Ageux records 93 deaths per 100 expected, near Oise’s towns (97) and higher than compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Les Ageux is Ch Ghpso Creil, 7.7 mi away. Also worth knowing: average lifespans in Oise: 84.5 years for women, 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, 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.
Behind the median of €2,296/m²: 45 houses and apartments sold in Les Ageux between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments. House rents are put at about €11.07/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,355/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 17% of the population here. 22% of adults hold a degree, below Oise’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Les Ageux has a median age of 46.9 years.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Les Ageux | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Les Ageux. Best known first.
Monastery or conventAbbaye Royale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Moncel1.8 km southeast, in PontpointChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beaurepaire3 km southwest, in BeaurepaireChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villette1.8 km northeast, in Pont-Sainte-MaxenceChâteauChâteauLe manoir de Saint-Symphorien2.9 km southeast, in PontpointPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Les Ageux 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 Les Ageux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Ageux | 1,153 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence | 12,361 | 0.9 | C | C | C+ | C− |
| Pontpoint | 3,275 | 2.3 | B+ | C | A+ | C− |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte | 4,775 | 4.2 | A− | C− | A | A− |
| Villers-Saint-Paul | 6,480 | 5.2 | D− | D | C+ | D |
| Verberie | 3,898 | 6 | C+ | C− | B− | B+ |
| Liancourt | 6,785 | 6 | D | C+ | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Ageux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. 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 €2,296/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.28/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Ageux grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Les Ageux is a commune of 1,153 people in the Communauté de communes des Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte. 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.