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A town of 1,142 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Montmacq has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Montmacq 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montmacq as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de la Sainte-Trinité, in Choisy-au-Bac, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montmacq.
At the census, 3.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Oise’s towns (17.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €28,000 a year per consumption unit. Montmacq has 50 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.1 per worker.
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.
78.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Montmacq, below both Oise’s towns (89.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Clotaire BaujoinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 83%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Arthur RimbaudNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 105 | 78%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Montmacq sits below both Oise’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Montmacq | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 103 residents of Montmacq died, against 115 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Montmacq below both Oise’s towns (€13.79/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,188/m², comes from 35 sales of houses and apartments in Montmacq from July 2023 to June 2026. A home here costs 5.9 years of the median income in Communauté de communes des Deux Vallées.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,188/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Montmacq. Best known first.
MuseumCité des bateliers3.7 km southwest, in Longueil-AnnelChâteauChâteauChâteau du Plessis-Brion1.6 km southwest, in Le Plessis-BrionMonastery or conventMonastery or conventPrieuré de la Verrue3.1 km northeast, in PimprezPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Montmacq is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Montmacq as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmacq | 1,142 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Thourotte | 4,463 | 1.1 | C− | B− | C− | B |
| Longueil-Annel | 2,586 | 2 | D | B− | B− | D− |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt | 3,871 | 2.6 | D− | B | C− | D |
| Choisy-au-Bac | 3,449 | 2.9 | B+ | C− | A | C |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne | 8,677 | 5.3 | C | C− | B | C+ |
| Venette | 2,758 | 6.3 | C− | C | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montmacq has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 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 D, better than 6% 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 €2,188/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montmacq grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Montmacq is a commune of 1,142 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.