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A town of 2,684 in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France. Only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Bernes-sur-Oise has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (B): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bernes-sur-Oise does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bernes-sur-Oise 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.
Bernes-sur-Oise has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bernes-sur-Oise as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Beaumont-sur-Oise, 1.1 mi away.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bernes-sur-Oise.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,060/m², comes from 78 sales of houses and apartments in Bernes-sur-Oise from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,869/m² | 66 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Bernes-sur-Oise, that is below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (87.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre PerretNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 111 | 80%−7 pts |
| Lycée Évariste GaloisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 268 | 88%−4 pts |
| Collège Georges BrassensBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 97 | 85%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Bernes-sur-Oise sits above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Bernes-sur-Oise | Val-d'Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 20% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 38% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Val-d'Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Bernes-sur-Oise records 101 deaths per 100 expected, above both Val-d'Oise’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
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
8.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Val-d'Oise’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 17 offenses in the graded categories in Bernes-sur-Oise in 2025. For sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 33.9% 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
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Bernes-sur-Oise. Best known first.
Nothing in Bernes-sur-Oise is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bernes-sur-Oise 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernes-sur-Oise | 2,684 | — | — | D | — | C− |
| Persan | 14,359 | 1.1 | D− | D | C− | D− |
| Beaumont-sur-Oise | 10,232 | 1.3 | D− | D | C | C |
| Bruyères-sur-Oise | 4,921 | 1.7 | D | D | B− | C |
| Chambly Oise | 9,959 | 2.2 | D | D | C− | C |
| Champagne-sur-Oise | 5,036 | 3 | D | D | B− | C+ |
| Presles | 4,017 | 3.3 | C+ | D | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bernes-sur-Oise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #42 of 76 in Val-d'Oise. 88% of 268 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Évariste Galois in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,060/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bernes-sur-Oise grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Bernes-sur-Oise is a commune of 2,684 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut Val d'Oise. 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.