Saint-Germer-de-Fly has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Germer-de-Fly 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 Saint-Germer-de-Fly.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Germer-de-Fly sees more deaths than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 109 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 171 residents of Saint-Germer-de-Fly died, against 157 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Germer-de-Fly is Centre hospitalier de Gisors, 11.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Germer-de-Fly have one GP on hand. Life expectancy at birth in Oise is 84.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Germer-de-Fly · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gisors
11.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Gisors
84.5 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Oise, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Saint-Germer-de-Fly costs less than in both Oise’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.19/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,001/m²: 54 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Germer-de-Fly between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 54 homes were sold here.
€2,001/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Germer-de-Fly€2,001/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Oise median€2,311/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,001/m²
54
€9.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.36 to €11.47/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Bray
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Saint-Germer-de-Fly are out of work than in Oise’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.6%
Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Oise’s towns (17.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Saint-Germer-de-Fly: 500, for 600 residents in work (0.8 each).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
500
jobs based in Saint-Germer-de-Fly, 0.8 per working resident
14.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Germer-de-Fly keeps more of its old housing than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Germer-de-Fly is Église et chapelle. On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Germer-de-Fly counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Saint-Germer-de-Fly are 15 to 24: 7.6%, fewer than in both Oise’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town. Degrees are held by 16% of adults, below both Oise’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Saint-Germer-de-Fly are older than 48.
48median age
Saint-Germer-de-FlyOise medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Germer-de-Fly
Is Saint-Germer-de-Fly safe?
It has less crime per resident than 51% of compared French towns: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 17.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades B− for safety.
Is Saint-Germer-de-Fly expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,001/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Germer-de-Fly grades B+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Germer-de-Fly
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Germer-de-Fly is a commune of 1,662 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Bray. 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.
