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A town of 4,463 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Thourotte grades C− overall: better than 20% of compared French towns, and #34 of 56 in Oise. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8.4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,801/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Deux Vallées. Its strongest is walkability (A): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% 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 3 things Thourotte does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Thourotte 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 Thourotte: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1912.
2.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage and museums in and near Thourotte. Best known first.
MuseumCité des bateliers2.4 km southwest, in Longueil-AnnelChâteauChâteauChâteau du Plessis-Brion1.8 km southeast, in Le Plessis-BrionMonastery or conventMonastery or conventPrieuré de la Verrue4.7 km east, in PimprezPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thourotte.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Thourotte comes below both Oise’s towns (89.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Clotaire BaujoinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 83%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Arthur RimbaudNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 105 | 78%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Thourotte, that is above both Oise’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Thourotte has 2,950 jobs for 1,600 working residents, 1.8 per worker. The median disposable income is €23,840 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 149 offenses in the graded categories in Thourotte in 2025. Violence against people ran at 10.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 20.5 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 1.2% of the index here.
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
Thourotte sits above both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. 16% of residents are children under 15.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Thourotte | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Thourotte below both Oise’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 624 residents of Thourotte died, against 549 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Thourotte: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). 2.3% 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.
The median sale price was €1,801/m², below both Oise’s towns (€2,311/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,816/m² | 109 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Thourotte has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Thourotte yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thourotte | 4,463 | — | C− | B− | C− | B |
| Longueil-Annel | 2,586 | 1.1 | D | B− | B− | D− |
| Choisy-au-Bac | 3,449 | 2.7 | B+ | C− | A | C |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt | 3,871 | 3.2 | D− | B | C− | D |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne | 8,677 | 4.6 | C | C− | B | C+ |
| Venette | 2,758 | 5.5 | C− | C | C− | C |
| Compiègne | 40,761 | 5.7 | C− | C− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #47 of 56 in Oise. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns and #52 of 55 in Oise. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.49/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Thourotte grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Thourotte is a commune of 4,463 people in the Communauté de communes des Deux Vallées. 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.