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Is Quesmy a good place to live? Quesmy is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Quesmy’s grade
Overall Not graded
Why Too small to grade
What makes Quesmy stand out The one thing Quesmy does most differently from other towns.
Picked automatically from the dataÉglise · Classé · Photo: René Hourdry · CC BY-SA 4.0
Quesmy’s story
Quesmy in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Quesmy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Charles François Louis de Macquerel de Quesmy, born in 1738, is the one person born in Quesmy before 1900 that Wikidata records.
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The data Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Quesmy.
Who lives here
Quesmy has fewer older residents than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are 65 or over In the comparison, Quesmy comes below both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
40.5 median age
Ages · share of residents Under 15 15–24 25–44 45–64 65+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education No diploma 27%
CAP or BEP 34%
Baccalauréat 12%
Higher education 21%
Women and men · all residents 45% women, 55% men
Women France medianMen
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Quesmy Quesmy Oise median France median Under 15 21% 19% 17% 15–24 13% 11% 11% 25–44 21% 25% 23% 45–64 32% 25% 26% 65+ 13% 19% 22% No diploma 27% 22% 19% CAP or BEP 34% 26% 26% Baccalauréat 12% 18% 18% Higher education 21% 26% 30%
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
1 historic monument, 1 classé France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Quesmy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
1 historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée Classé 1
Inscrit 0
1912
first monument protected
7.4%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Quesmy has higher unemployment than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 12.6% For Quesmy, that is above both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Quesmy has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The median disposable income is €24,000 a year per consumption unit.
11% walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023 Driving 82%
On foot 9%
Public transport 1%
Motorbike or scooter 1%
Bicycle 0%
0
jobs based in Quesmy, 0.2 per working resident
12.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,000
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points above the expected rate Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Quesmy sits above Oise’s towns (85.3%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
88.0% passed the brevet
Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km Quesmy 88.0%
Median of towns 87.5%
88.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
1.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Quesmy than in Oise’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.02/m² a month Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Quesmy below both Oise’s towns (€13.79/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€10.02/m² estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month Quesmy €10.02/m²
Median of towns €12.41/m²
Oise median €13.79/m²
€10.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.16 to €12.31/m² a month)
€8.63/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Quesmy 12 pages on Quesmy
Landmarks Quesmy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
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Famous people from Quesmy One notable person was born in Quesmy.
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How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Quesmy Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Quesmy is a commune of 171 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Noyonnais. 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
Population 171 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays Noyonnais
Département Oise (60)
Région Hauts-de-France
Area 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km²)
INSEE code 60519 Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.