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A town of 1,559 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Rieux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 2.4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,308/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% 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 Rieux 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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Rieux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rieux.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 3.3 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 1.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile LambertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 70%−12 pts |
| Collège Marcel Callo - Apprentis d'Auteuil PrivateBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 45 | 91%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Jobs located in Rieux: 250, for 650 residents in work (0.4 each). Unemployment stood at 9.3%, lower than both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 3.0% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work 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.
39 sales of houses and apartments in Rieux, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,308/m². Houses accounted for 92% of sales, apartments for the rest. The estimated advertised rent is €13.28/m² a month, about level with Oise’s towns (€13.79/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,318/m² | 36 |
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.
A tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above Oise’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 10% of residents. 20% of residents are 65 or over, above Oise’s towns (19%) but below compared French towns (22%). Rieux has a median age of 44.3 years.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Rieux | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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, 124 residents of Rieux died, against 141 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. In Oise, women can expect to live 84.5 years and men 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Rieux is Ch Ghpso Creil, 4.3 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Violence against people averaged 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.2. 2025 saw 27 offenses recorded in Rieux. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 29.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Rieux. Best known first.
Rieux 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 Rieux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieux | 1,559 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Villers-Saint-Paul | 6,480 | 1.4 | D− | D | C+ | D |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte | 4,775 | 1.5 | A− | C− | A | A− |
| Nogent-sur-Oise | 21,907 | 2.7 | D | C− | B− | B |
| Liancourt | 6,785 | 3 | D | C+ | D | B− |
| Laigneville | 4,926 | 3.1 | C− | C | B | C− |
| Creil | 36,301 | 3.4 | D− | D | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 15% 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 €2,308/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rieux grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Rieux is a commune of 1,559 people in the Communauté de communes des Pays d'Oise et d'Halatte. 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.