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Population 4,258: a town in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Strong in places, weak in others. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on cost of living as well: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its schools beat most (A+): brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. Walkability is a strength too (A): 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at B−, #17 of 56 in Oise. Nationally, it does better than 46% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Nanteuil-le-Haudouin 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 one thing Nanteuil-le-Haudouin does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.
The list names few of Nanteuil-le-Haudouin’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien château: Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · Public domain
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #1 of 55 in Oise. General-bac pupils go 6.9 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Guillaume CaleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 177 | 94%+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.
In Oise, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 368 residents of Nanteuil-le-Haudouin died, against 254 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 45% more. The nearest emergency department to Nanteuil-le-Haudouin is Ch Ghpso Senlis, 11.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Nanteuil-le-Haudouin can choose among 4 GPs.
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.
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, below both Oise’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 13% of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 2,050 residents in work, Nanteuil-le-Haudouin has 1,350 jobs: 0.7 each. Half of residents lived on more than €26,870 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Oise’s towns (€25,745). No commute at all: 4.2% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
141 sales of houses and apartments in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,944/m². A house in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin goes for €2,763/m², an apartment for €3,019/m². Houses were just over three fifths of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,763/m² | 86 |
| Apartments | €3,019/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 17th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 9.9%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The commonest graded crime in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin was criminal damage (2025). In all, 93 offenses reached the police record here in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 11.3 violent offenses and 10.5 graded property crimes a year.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of burglary go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
One notable person was born in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Nanteuil-le-Haudouin is a commune of 4,258 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin | 4,258 | — | B− | C− | B− | D− |
| Le Plessis-Belleville | 4,009 | 3.7 | C+ | D | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Pathus Seine-et-Marne | 6,479 | 4.4 | B− | C− | A− | C− |
| Saint-Soupplets Seine-et-Marne | 3,542 | 6.9 | B− | D | B− | C |
| Crépy-en-Valois | 14,351 | 7.2 | B− | C− | B | B− |
| Othis Seine-et-Marne | 6,717 | 7.7 | D | D− | B | C− |
| Dammartin-en-Goële Seine-et-Marne | 11,907 | 8 | D | D− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #27 of 56 in Oise.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns and #1 of 55 in Oise. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,944/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nanteuil-le-Haudouin grades C− for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.