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SommereuxOise

A town of 481 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.

Is Sommereux a good place to live?

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

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Église · Classé · Photo: Claude Villetaneuse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sommereux’s story

Sommereux in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sommereux: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

19% 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 Sommereux.

Who lives here

A town of families: 22% of people in Sommereux are under 15, more than in both Oise’s towns and compared French towns

16% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by a fifth of adults, lower than both Oise’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: residents of Sommereux have a median age of 38.7.

38.7median age
SommereuxOise medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sommereux
SommereuxOise medianFrance median
Under 1522%19%17%
15–2411%11%11%
25–4427%25%23%
45–6425%25%26%
65+16%19%22%
No diploma24%22%19%
CAP or BEP32%26%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education20%26%30%

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

History

Sommereux keeps more of its old housing than Oise’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1913
first monument protected
19%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Only 5.3% of commuters in Sommereux go to work without a car, fewer than in both Oise’s towns and compared French towns

50 jobs are based in Sommereux, for 200 working residents (0.3 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,130 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 7.1% of working residents in Sommereux didn’t travel to work at all.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Sommereux, 0.3 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 17.2 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away.

82.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Sommereux82.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Sommereux80.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Ferdinand BuissonNearest collègeCollègeCollège9282%+3 pts
Lycée professionnel Jules VerneNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée4180%−6 pts
80%
passed the vocational bac, −6 pts against the expected rate
82.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3 pts against the expected rate
2.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sommereux than in Oise’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.53/m² a month

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

Sommereux recorded 13 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.53/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sommereux€10.53/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Oise median€13.79/m²
€10.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.71 to €12.73/m² a month)
€7.76/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 Sommereux

12pages on Sommereux

Landmarks

Sommereux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Sommereux

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sommereux yet.

How we find them →

Sommereux’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 →
GrandvilliersCrèvecœur-le-GrandBreteuilSaleuxSalouëlBeauvaisGrandvilliersCrèvecœur-le-GrandBreteuilSaleuxSalouëlBeauvaisSommereux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sommereux481—————
Grandvilliers2,7862.4C−BDC−
Crèvecœur-le-Grand3,4626.2A−B−B+A+
Breteuil4,22214C+C+DB
Saleux Somme2,73917BDAD
Salouël Somme4,17917A+C−A+A
Beauvais55,55017DCDC−

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

About Sommereux

Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France

Sommereux is a commune of 481 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
481 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte
Département
Oise (60)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
5 sq mi (13 km²)
INSEE code
60622

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.