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The town has 1,213 residents and lies in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
School results are strong: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Oisy-le-Verger has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Oisy-le-Verger does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Oisy-le-Verger 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.
Oisy-le-Verger has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Oisy-le-Verger: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Jean-Charles Desailly, born in 1768, is the one person born in Oisy-le-Verger before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oisy-le-Verger.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Oisy-le-Verger, 90.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (86.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 6.8 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Val de la SenséeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 170 | 90%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Oisy-le-Verger records 104 deaths per 100 expected, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and compared French towns (88). 227 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 134: 69% above. Life expectancy in Pas-de-Calais: 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: the town has 2 family doctors.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Oisy-le-Verger from July 2023 to June 2026: 34 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €8.49/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.36/m² a month, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,365/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Oisy-le-Verger counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than both Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Oisy-le-Verger by age and the one in the middle is 46.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Oisy-le-Verger | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment is 9.4%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,510 a year per consumption unit, higher than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) yet lower than compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.4% of working residents in Oisy-le-Verger at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The list names few of Oisy-le-Verger’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Didier: Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Oisy-le-Verger.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisy-le-Verger | 1,213 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Arleux Nord | 3,125 | 2.1 | C | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Monchecourt Nord | 2,516 | 5.5 | — | B− | — | D− |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy Nord | 4,012 | 6.1 | B | A− | B− | C+ |
| Guesnain Nord | 4,635 | 6.9 | D | B− | C | C |
| Dechy Nord | 5,338 | 7 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Courchelettes Nord | 2,855 | 7 | C− | C+ | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Oisy-le-Verger has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Oisy-le-Verger grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Oisy-le-Verger is a commune of 1,213 people in the Communauté de communes Osartis Marquion. 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 November 9, 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.