Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Argoules.
History
Argoules keeps more of its old housing than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 36% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Argoules counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Ancienne abbaye de Valloires. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 35% of people in Argoules are under 15, more than in Somme’s towns or compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% of the town, lower than both Somme’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults. Those 65 and older account for 22% of residents.
36.4median age
ArgoulesSomme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Argoules than in Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,240 a year. For its 100 residents in work, Argoules has 250 jobs: 2.6 each. Just over a tenth of the labour force are out of work.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Argoules, 2.6 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Argoules
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Argoules is a commune of 322 people in the Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre. 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
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.
