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A town of 897 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Salency is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Salency as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne cathédrale (église Notre-Dame) et ses annexes, in Noyon, 2.2 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Salency. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du Noyonnais3.5 km west, in NoyonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Béhéricourt1.4 km northeast, in BéhéricourtAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Barthélemy de Noyon3.3 km west, in NoyonAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Royale de Saint-Éloi de Noyon3.4 km west, in NoyonMuseumMuseumMusée Jean Calvin3.6 km west, in NoyonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salency.
Degrees are held by 26% of adults, close to Oise’s towns (26%) and below compared French towns (30%). Children are 18% of the town. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Salency | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Salency counts 0.1 jobs (50 jobs, 400 workers). At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Salency didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 6.5% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
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 Salency, 92.6% passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and above Oise’s towns (89.7%). The closest collège is 1.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis PasteurNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 78%−8 pts |
| Lycée Jean CalvinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 314 | 96%±0 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 83 | 99%+8 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.
The market in Salency: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Salency is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Salency.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salency | 897 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Noyon | 12,971 | 2 | D | B− | D− | C− |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt | 3,871 | 7.5 | D− | B | C− | D |
| Chauny Aisne | 11,596 | 7.8 | D | B+ | D | D |
| Thourotte | 4,463 | 11 | C− | B− | C− | B |
| Ham Somme | 4,378 | 11 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Longueil-Annel | 2,586 | 12 | D | B− | B− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Salency is a commune of 897 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Noyonnais. 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 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.