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In Oise, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,581 residents.
Mareuil-sur-Ourcq is easy to get around without a car: just over two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.6% unemployment. At €2,132/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Valois.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Mareuil-sur-Ourcq 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 2 things Mareuil-sur-Ourcq does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mareuil-sur-Ourcq 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.
Mareuil-sur-Ourcq has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Mareuil-sur-Ourcq has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mareuil-sur-Ourcq.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Oise live to 84.5 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 97 deaths in Mareuil-sur-Ourcq between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 81: 20% above. The nearest emergency department to Mareuil-sur-Ourcq is Centre hospitalier de Meaux site Saint Faron, 14.5 mi away. There is one general practitioner locally.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
14% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 13% of residents. Ages in Mareuil-sur-Ourcq split evenly at 38.8: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Mareuil-sur-Ourcq | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Bus, tram or train carried just over a tenth of working residents in Mareuil-sur-Ourcq to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,460 a year per consumption unit, near both Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,132/m²: 55 houses and apartments sold in Mareuil-sur-Ourcq between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.64/m² a month. Houses accounted for 91% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,254/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Mareuil-sur-Ourcq. Best known first.
Mareuil-sur-Ourcq 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 Mareuil-sur-Ourcq 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mareuil-sur-Ourcq | 1,581 | — | — | B− | — | D− |
| Lizy-sur-Ourcq Seine-et-Marne | 3,627 | 7.9 | D− | C+ | D− | D |
| Villers-Cotterêts Aisne | 10,489 | 8 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Crépy-en-Valois | 14,351 | 11 | B− | C− | B | B− |
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin | 4,258 | 12 | B− | C− | B− | D− |
| La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Seine-et-Marne | 10,254 | 13 | D− | C | C | D |
| Saint-Pathus Seine-et-Marne | 6,479 | 14 | B− | C− | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mareuil-sur-Ourcq has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,132/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.05/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mareuil-sur-Ourcq grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Mareuil-sur-Ourcq is a commune of 1,581 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.