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BreuilSomme

A town of 45 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Breuil a good place to live?

Breuil is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Breuil stand out

The 2 things Breuil does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Breuil’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Breuil’s story

No historic monuments in Breuil

The Culture ministry lists no building in Breuil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit La pierre qui pousse, in Eppeville, 3.8 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Breuil.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Breuil: 40% are 65 or over, above Somme’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by 14% of adults, lower than both Somme’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for just over a fifth of the people here. Typical age in Breuil: 52.5, the median.

52.5median age
BreuilSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education14%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Breuil
BreuilSomme medianFrance median
Under 1522%16%17%
15–240%12%11%
25–4420%21%23%
45–6418%26%26%
65+40%25%22%
No diploma26%28%19%
CAP or BEP23%26%26%
Baccalauréat23%17%18%
Higher education14%21%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Breuil has 0.2 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

Unemployment runs at 14.3%. No commute at all: 8.3% of working residents in Breuil at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Breuil, 0.2 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 11 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away.

82.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Breuil82.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Louis PasteurNearest collègeCollègeCollège5082%−6 pts
82.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −6 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Breuil costs less than in Somme’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.02/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Breuil from July 2023 to June 2026: 2 houses and apartments.

€10.02/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Breuil€10.02/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€10.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.16 to €12.31/m² a month)
€8.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Breuil

12pages on Breuil

Landmarks

Nothing in Breuil is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Breuil

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Breuil yet.

How we find them →

Breuil’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Somme →
HamRoyeNoyonRosières-en-SanterrePéronneChaunyHamRoyeNoyonRosières-en-SanterrePéronneChaunyBreuil
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Breuil45—————
Ham4,3785.6DA−D−D
Roye5,8337.9C−BD−C−
Noyon Oise12,97111DB−D−C−
Rosières-en-Santerre2,89412CBB−C
Péronne7,09013DB+D−D
Chauny Aisne11,59614DB+DD

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Breuil

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Breuil is a commune of 45 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Est de la Somme. 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

Population
45 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Est de la Somme
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
0.8 sq mi (2.2 km²)
INSEE code
80139

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 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.