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It is a town of 1,184 residents in Somme, Hauts-de-France. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Fewer journeys need a car (A−): 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add cost of living to its strengths: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 14.5% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: 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). Bray-sur-Somme 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 2 things Bray-sur-Somme does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bray-sur-Somme 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.
Bray-sur-Somme has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bray-sur-Somme: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Wikidata records 2 people born in Bray-sur-Somme before 1900, the earliest Auguste-Hector Cabuzel, in 1836.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bray-sur-Somme.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,040 a year per consumption unit, higher than Somme’s towns (€22,835) yet lower than compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 14.5%. Also worth knowing: at the census, 6.3% of working residents in Bray-sur-Somme didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Somme is 84 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. After the care-home adjustment, Bray-sur-Somme’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, between Somme’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 185 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 294, 59% more. The nearest emergency department to Bray-sur-Somme is Ch Peronne, 9.4 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Children are 14% of the town. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above Somme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Bray-sur-Somme | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.16/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.17/m² a month, close to Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Bray-sur-Somme from July 2023 to June 2026: 44 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,365/m² | 44 |
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, Bray-sur-Somme counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Bray-sur-Somme has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Bray-sur-Somme.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bray-sur-Somme | 1,184 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Albert | 9,521 | 5.1 | C− | B | D | D |
| Rosières-en-Santerre | 2,894 | 8.7 | C | B | B− | C |
| Péronne | 7,090 | 9.6 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Corbie | 5,982 | 9.7 | B | B | B | D− |
| Villers-Bretonneux | 4,647 | 10 | A | B | A | C− |
| Bapaume Pas-de-Calais | 3,779 | 13 | D | B+ | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bray-sur-Somme has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bray-sur-Somme grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Bray-sur-Somme is a commune of 1,184 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot. 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 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.