Find your town in Somme
Somme has 771 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 24 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 70 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Somme is like
The median ranked town in Somme grades highest on walkability and schools against towns across France, and lowest on health. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
4 of 24 (17%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
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24 towns · ordered by Somme rank
4 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
747 smaller towns and villages in Somme
With the 24 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 771 communes of Somme, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
677 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Somme
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Somme
What is the best place to live in Somme?
Salouël ranks first of 24 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A+) and health (A) are its strongest grades; cost of living (C−) is its lowest. Ailly-sur-Noye and Villers-Bretonneux follow.
How do the biggest towns in Somme grade?
Amiens (136,449 people) grades D overall, with its best grade in walkability. Abbeville (22,395 people) grades D overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Somme, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Somme on TownRatings?
Yes: all 771 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 24 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 70 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 677 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Photos: Salouël, Leptictidium (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Ailly-sur-Noye, Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) (CC BY-SA 2.5) · Villers-Bretonneux, Graeme Travers (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Boves, Archeor80 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Ailly-sur-Somme, Leroypy (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saleux, Claude villetaneuse (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Corbie, VVVCFFrance (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Moreuil, Claude Villetaneuse (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Camon, VVVCFFrance (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Rivery, APictche (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Doullens, Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Rue, APictche (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Flixecourt, Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Friville-Escarbotin, APictche (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Rosières-en-Santerre, Bycro (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Longueau, BB 22385 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Albert, Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) (CC BY-SA 2.5) · Mers-les-Bains, Ricardo Boimare (CC BY 2.5) · Roye, Unknown Unknown (Public domain) · Ham, Ray Ok (CC BY 3.0) · Montdidier, Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain) · Amiens, Paul.schrepfer (CC BY 4.0) · Abbeville, Paul.schrepfer (CC BY 4.0) · Péronne, Claude villetaneuse (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.