Pierrefonds has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,400/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Lisières de l'Oise. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 9.2% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
How Pierrefonds grades
Each subject compares Pierrefonds 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pierrefonds.
HealthHealth C
Pierrefonds’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 75% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 223 residents of Pierrefonds died, against 180 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. Adjusted for age and care homes, Pierrefonds records 98 deaths per 100 expected, close to Oise’s towns (97) and above compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Pierrefonds · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Saint Come
8.4 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
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Pierrefonds keeps more of its old housing than Oise or compared French towns: 36% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Pierrefonds sits above both Oise’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Pierrefonds: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Pierrefonds is Château de Pierrefonds.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Pierrefonds has less crime per resident than 57% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 40 offenses in the graded categories in Pierrefonds in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 20.6% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
4.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles21
Sexual violence11
Criminal damage8
Armed robbery0
Fraud17
Theft without violence6
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.
4.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
40
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pierrefonds
Is Pierrefonds expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.24/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pierrefonds grades C for cost of living.
About Pierrefonds
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Pierrefonds is a commune of 1,877 people in the Communauté de communes des Lisières de l'Oise. 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.
