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VilleselveOise

A town of 379 in Oise, Hauts-de-France. Only 13% of residents are 65 or over.

Is Villeselve a good place to live?

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

What makes Villeselve stand out

The one thing Villeselve does most differently from other towns.

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Villeselve’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Villeselve’s story

No historic monuments in Villeselve

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame et la crypte, in Ham, 4.5 mi away.

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Students and young workers shape Villeselve: 14% are 15 to 24, above Oise’s towns and compared French towns

18% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, below both Oise’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Villeselve is 38.4.

38.4median age
VilleselveOise medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Villeselve
VilleselveOise medianFrance median
Under 1519%19%17%
15–2414%11%11%
25–4427%25%23%
45–6427%25%26%
65+13%19%22%
No diploma22%22%19%
CAP or BEP34%26%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education18%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Villeselve, 14.6%, runs above Oise’s towns and compared French towns

The census found 8.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Villeselve has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €25,040 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970).

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Public transport6%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Villeselve, 0.2 per working resident
14.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Villeselve costs less than in both Oise’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.02/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €8.63/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 9 homes in Villeselve.

€10.02/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Villeselve€10.02/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Oise median€13.79/m²
€10.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.16 to €12.31/m² a month)
€8.63/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 Villeselve

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Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Villeselve

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

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Villeselve’s neighbors

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

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HamChaunyTergnierNoyonBeautorLa FèreHamChaunyTergnierNoyonBeautorLa FèreVilleselve
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Villeselve379—————
Ham Somme4,3784.2DA−D−D
Chauny Aisne11,5966.8DB+DD
Tergnier Aisne13,0458.4DA−DD
Noyon12,9718.9DB−D−C−
Beautor Aisne2,57911C−A−C−D−
La Fère Aisne2,79612C−A−D−D−

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

About Villeselve

Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France

Villeselve is a commune of 379 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

Population
379 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Noyonnais
Département
Oise (60)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.7 sq mi (7 km²)
INSEE code
60693

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.