Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Fewer journeys need a car: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 12.1% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,721/m² takes 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Plateau Picard.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Maignelay-Montigny 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.
Each subject compares Maignelay-Montigny 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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Église Saint-Martin de Montigny · Classé · Photo: Vinckie · CC BY-SA 3.0
Maignelay-Montigny’s story
Maignelay-Montigny in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Maignelay-Montigny: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Edmond Geffroy, born in 1804, is the one person born in Maignelay-Montigny before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1862First protected: Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Maignelay
2004Most recently protected: Château et son enceinte
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Maignelay-Montigny sees more deaths than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Maignelay-Montigny’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, above both Oise’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 164 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 167, 2% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Maignelay-Montigny is Ch Chimr Montdidier, 7.4 mi away. Women in Oise live to 84.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Maignelay-Montigny · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chimr Montdidier
16.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Saint Come
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Money is tighter in Maignelay-Montigny than in Oise’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,710 a year per consumption unit
12.1% of the labour force were unemployed, above Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Public transport took 6.0% of Maignelay-Montigny’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 4.0% of working residents in Maignelay-Montigny didn’t travel to work at all.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
Public transport6%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
600
jobs based in Maignelay-Montigny, 0.6 per working resident
12.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Maignelay-Montigny hold a degree than in Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 17%
People aged 15 to 24 make up 12% of the town, above both Oise’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Maignelay-Montigny in two is 43.3. Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population.
43.3median age
Maignelay-MontignyOise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Maignelay-Montigny is rich in protected monuments: 20 per 10,000 residents, more than Oise’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Oise’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Maignelay-Montigny is Croix de chemin. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments here: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
A home in Maignelay-Montigny sells for €1,721/m², less than in Oise’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.78/m² a month, below both Oise’s towns (€13.79/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.40/m² a month.
€1,721/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Maignelay-Montigny€1,721/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Oise median€2,311/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,714/m²
65
€11.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.69 to €14.32/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.40/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,350
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Plateau Picard
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Maignelay-Montigny has more crime per resident than 52% of compared French towns
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 10.7 violent offenses and 11 graded property crimes a year. Recorded offenses in Maignelay-Montigny came to 48 in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
10.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Sexual violence15
Family violence10
Vehicle theft6
Fraud17
Theft without violence12
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.
10.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
48
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 11.7% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Maignelay-Montigny: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Croix de chemin: Photo: Vinckie · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Maignelay: Photo: JM BACCIOCHINI · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château et son enceinte: Photo: JM BACCIOCHINI · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Martin de Montigny: Photo: Vinckie · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Maignelay-Montigny
Are schools in Maignelay-Montigny good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Maignelay-Montigny expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maignelay-Montigny grades B− for cost of living.
About Maignelay-Montigny
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Maignelay-Montigny is a commune of 2,473 people in the Communauté de communes du Plateau Picard. 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
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.
