Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,148 residents and lies in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
School results are strong: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Most journeys need a car: 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for cost of living and B for health. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Ô-de-Selle 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.
Each subject compares Ô-de-Selle 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.
Ô-de-Selle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ô-de-Selle, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2004.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ô-de-Selle.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9.1 mi away. The closest collège is 2.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules FerryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 100 | 96%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €27,800 a year per consumption unit, above both Somme’s towns (€22,835) and compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 3.1% of working residents in Ô-de-Selle didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ô-de-Selle, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Ô-de-Selle. The nearest emergency department to Ô-de-Selle is Chu Amiens Sud, 7.9 mi away. 85 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 99: 14% below. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Somme can expect 84 years and a boy 78.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Ô-de-Selle: 21 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Ô-de-Selle has a median age of 46.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Ô-de-Selle | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
The list names few of Ô-de-Selle’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Demeure et parc de chasse: Photo: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ô-de-Selle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ô-de-Selle | 1,148 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| Saleux | 2,739 | 6.5 | B | D | A | D |
| Salouël | 4,179 | 7.3 | A+ | C− | A+ | A |
| Ailly-sur-Noye | 2,648 | 8.6 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Amiens | 136,449 | 10 | D | C− | D | C− |
| Longueau | 5,680 | 11 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Ailly-sur-Somme | 3,003 | 11 | B+ | B− | A | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ô-de-Selle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 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 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Ô-de-Selle is a commune of 1,148 people in the Communauté de communes Somme Sud-Ouest. 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) · 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 4, 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.