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Saint-ValeryOise

A town of 53 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.

Is Saint-Valery a good place to live?

Saint-Valery is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Saint-Valery’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Valery’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Valery

The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Valery as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne minoterie Lambotte, in Aumale, 3 mi away.

57% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Valery.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Saint-Valery than in Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15

Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 13% of the town. Degrees are held by 26% of adults, near Oise’s towns (26%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). Saint-Valery has a median age of 51.

51median age
Saint-ValeryOise medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP40%
Baccalauréat6%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Valery
Saint-ValeryOise medianFrance median
Under 1513%19%17%
15–2413%11%11%
25–4411%25%23%
45–6443%25%26%
65+21%19%22%
No diploma28%22%19%
CAP or BEP40%26%26%
Baccalauréat6.4%18%18%
Higher education26%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Saint-Valery, 3.6%, runs below Oise’s towns and compared French towns

Saint-Valery holds 50 jobs; 50 of its residents are in work, so 1.7 jobs each. No commute at all: 17.9% of working residents locally at the census.

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving68%
On foot11%
Public transport4%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Valery, 1.7 per working resident
3.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
18%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

99.0% 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.

For collège, the closest is 3 mi away.

99.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Valery99.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège7199%+6 pts
99.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
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

Renting in Saint-Valery costs less than in both Oise’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.86/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 1 homes in Saint-Valery.

€9.86/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Valery€9.86/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Oise median€13.79/m²
€9.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.17 to €11.92/m² a month)
€7.81/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 Saint-Valery

12pages on Saint-Valery

Landmarks

Nothing in Saint-Valery is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Saint-Valery

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Valery yet.

How we find them →

Saint-Valery’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Oise →
GrandvilliersForges-les-EauxNeufchâtel-en-BrayBlangy-sur-BresleGournay-en-BrayCrèvecœur-le-GrandGrandvilliersForges-les-EauxNeufchâtel-en-BrayBlangy-sur-BresleGournay-en-BrayCrèvecœur-le-GrandSaint-Valery
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Valery53—————
Grandvilliers2,78610C−BDC−
Forges-les-Eaux Seine-Maritime3,64212C+B+C+C−
Neufchâtel-en-Bray Seine-Maritime4,66213C−B+DC
Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime2,81915CA−CD
Gournay-en-Bray Seine-Maritime5,72317C−A−DB−
Crèvecœur-le-Grand3,46218A−B−B+A+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Valery

Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France

Saint-Valery is a commune of 53 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

Population
53 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte
Département
Oise (60)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1.7 sq mi (4.5 km²)
INSEE code
60602

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.