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With 984 residents, it is a town in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello does most differently from other towns.
Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1906.
24% 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-Vaast-lès-Mello.
People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. Ages in Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello split evenly at 40.4: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
100 jobs are based in Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello, for 450 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello, 83.7% passed the bac, below Oise’s towns (89.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest collège is 2.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Anatole FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 170 | 75%−4 pts |
| Lycée André MalrauxNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 225 | 95%+2 pts |
| Collège Édouard HerriotBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 88 | 90%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 32 homes were sold in Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello. The sales split: 75% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €12.05/m² a month.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello. Best known first.
Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Vaast-lès-Mello | 984 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cires-lès-Mello | 3,978 | 1.8 | B− | C+ | A− | C− |
| Montataire | 14,257 | 2 | D− | D | C− | D |
| Laigneville | 4,926 | 3.2 | C− | C | B | C− |
| Nogent-sur-Oise | 21,907 | 3.5 | D | C− | B− | B |
| Saint-Leu-d'Esserent | 4,638 | 3.7 | C− | D− | C− | B− |
| Bury | 2,838 | 3.7 | — | C+ | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello is a commune of 984 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Creil Sud 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
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.