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A town of 2,784 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Sérifontaine grades C− overall: better than 22% of compared French towns, and #33 of 56 in Oise. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 14.8% unemployment. At the median price of €1,990/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Bray. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Sérifontaine does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sérifontaine 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sérifontaine: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Paul Vannier, born in 1880, is the one person born in Sérifontaine before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sérifontaine.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Sérifontaine comes above both Oise’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 266 residents of Sérifontaine died, against 224 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
For Sérifontaine, that is above both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €23,910 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 39 offenses in the graded categories in Sérifontaine in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 10.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Sérifontaine sits below both Oise’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Sérifontaine | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 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 Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sérifontaine: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). 11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Sérifontaine below both Oise’s towns (€13.79/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,990/m², comes from 95 sales of houses and apartments in Sérifontaine from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,995/m² | 90 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Sérifontaine has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Denis: Photo: Chatsam · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Sérifontaine.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sérifontaine | 2,784 | — | C− | B− | B | D− |
| Gisors Eure | 12,410 | 5.1 | D | C− | C | C |
| Étrépagny Eure | 3,670 | 7.8 | B+ | C+ | B+ | D |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin | 3,338 | 7.8 | C+ | C | B− | B |
| Gournay-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 5,723 | 9.3 | C− | A− | D | B− |
| Auneuil | 2,898 | 10 | C+ | C | B | A− |
| Magny-en-Vexin Val-d'Oise | 5,779 | 14 | C | C− | C− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #13 of 56 in Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,990/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sérifontaine grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Sérifontaine is a commune of 2,784 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
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.