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Some 1,191 people live in this town, in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Cagny’s strongest is jobs & income: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It skews older: 37% of residents are 65 or over.
Cagny 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 one thing Cagny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cagny 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.
Cagny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Cagny has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1959.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Cagny. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens4.9 km northwest, in Amiens
MuseumMusée de Picardie4.9 km northwest, in Amiens
MuseumMusée de l'Hôtel de Berny4.8 km northwest, in Amiens
MuseumMaison de Jules Verne4.4 km northwest, in AmiensAttractionAttractionTour Perret4.5 km northwest, in AmiensAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Acheul3 km northwest, in AmiensPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cagny.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Somme’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Two in five adults hold a degree. Cagny has a median age of 55.5 years.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Cagny | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 6.0%, below Somme’s towns (14.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 23.5% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.71/m² a month. The market in Cagny: 32 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €12.27/m² a month, higher than Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,363/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 220 deaths in Cagny from 2016 to 2025; there were 241, 10% more. 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. For a family doctor, residents of Cagny have one GP on hand.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away. At the eight general lycées, 97% of 1,788 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Frédéric Joliot-CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 111 | 95%+5 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Riquier PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 127 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Guy MareschalBest against expectations: 18 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 75 | 92%+18 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, below Somme’s towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Cagny is Gisement préhistorique. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Cagny has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Gisement préhistorique: Photo: Bycro · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Cagny as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Cagny 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 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 127 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Riquier in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cagny grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Cagny is a commune of 1,191 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole. 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.