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With 225 residents, it is a town in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Saint-Samson-la-Poterie falls below the line for grades. Second homes make up 16% of its housing.
The one thing Saint-Samson-la-Poterie does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Samson-la-Poterie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château dit des Huguenots à Beuvreuil, in Dampierre-en-Bray, 4.9 mi away.
45% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Samson-la-Poterie.
Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, below both Oise’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65. The median resident of Saint-Samson-la-Poterie is 41.1 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Samson-la-Poterie | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 7.2%. Half of residents lived on more than €25,110 a year per consumption unit, near both Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.8% of working residents in Saint-Samson-la-Poterie didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Sales in Saint-Samson-la-Poterie from July 2023 to June 2026: 10 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Samson-la-Poterie is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Samson-la-Poterie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Samson-la-Poterie | 225 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gournay-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 5,723 | 7.7 | C− | A− | D | B− |
| Forges-les-Eaux Seine-Maritime | 3,642 | 8.8 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Grandvilliers | 2,786 | 10 | C− | B | D | C− |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand | 3,462 | 15 | A− | B− | B+ | A+ |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 4,662 | 17 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Sérifontaine | 2,784 | 17 | C− | B− | B | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Samson-la-Poterie is a commune of 225 people in the Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte. 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) · 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.