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A town of 1,014 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Lévignen has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,664/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 de communes du Pays de Valois. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lévignen 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 Lévignen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte de Paris, in Crépy-en-Valois, 2.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lévignen.
Children under 15 make up 20%, above both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.9%. Residents of Lévignen have a median age of 39.8.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lévignen | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stands at 6.3%. 11.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Oise’s towns (17.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Lévignen didn’t travel to work at all.
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 Lévignen, 94.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Oise’s towns (89.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away. At the general lycée, 95% of 379 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean de La FontaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 82%−2 pts |
| Lycée Jean MonnetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 379 | 95%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Robert DesnosBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 71 | 92%+8 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.
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. 45 deaths in Lévignen between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 52: 14% below. The nearest emergency department to Lévignen is Ch Chicn Compiegne, 14.2 mi away.
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 A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,664/m²: 39 houses and apartments sold in Lévignen between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 87% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,624/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Lévignen. Best known first.
ChâteauMairie de Crépy-en-Valois4.6 km north, in Crépy-en-Valois
MuseumMusée de l'archerie et du Valois4.9 km northwest, in Crépy-en-ValoisChâteauChâteauChâteau de Géresme4.7 km north, in Crépy-en-ValoisChâteauChâteauChâteau de Gondreville3.7 km northeast, in GondrevillePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Lévignen 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 Lévignen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lévignen | 1,014 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Crépy-en-Valois | 14,351 | 2.6 | B− | C− | B | B− |
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin | 4,258 | 6.1 | B− | C− | B− | D− |
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre | 3,111 | 8.8 | C | C+ | A− | D |
| Villers-Cotterêts Aisne | 10,489 | 8.8 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Le Plessis-Belleville | 4,009 | 9.8 | C+ | D | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Pathus Seine-et-Marne | 6,479 | 10 | B− | C− | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lévignen has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 37% 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 €2,664/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lévignen grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Lévignen is a commune of 1,014 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Valois. 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.