Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,035 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Candas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Candas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Candas 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Candas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Berneuil, 4.1 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Candas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Candas has one family doctor. At birth, a girl in Somme can expect 84 years and a boy 78.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 77 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 89, 15% more.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.53/m² a month. 28 houses and apartments changed hands in Candas from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 19%, higher than both Somme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Candas are older than 42.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Candas | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 9.2%, below both Somme’s towns (14.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €24,280 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Candas: 100, for 450 residents in work (0.2 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Candas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Candas yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candas | 1,035 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Doullens | 5,751 | 5 | C+ | A− | D− | D |
| Flixecourt | 3,221 | 10 | C | B+ | C | D |
| Auxi-le-Château Pas-de-Calais | 2,547 | 11 | C+ | A− | C− | C |
| Frévent Pas-de-Calais | 3,259 | 12 | B− | A | D | D |
| Ailly-sur-Somme | 3,003 | 13 | B+ | B− | A | D |
| Rivery | 3,636 | 14 | B− | C− | C | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Candas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Candas is a commune of 1,035 people in the Communauté de communes du Territoire Nord Picardie. 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) · 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.