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CannessièresSomme

Population 59: a town in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Cannessières a good place to live?

Cannessières has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for just over one in ten homes. 44% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Cannessières stand out

The 2 things Cannessières does most differently from other towns.

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Cannessières’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Cannessières’ story

No historic monuments in Cannessières

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

The nearest classé monument is Domaine du château de Rambures, in Rambures, 2.6 mi away.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cannessières.

Who lives here

Cannessières has fewer young adults than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 4.7% are 15 to 24

8.2% of adults hold a degree, below Somme’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Children under 15 count for 1.6% of the people here. Half the people of Cannessières are older than 62.5.

62.5median age
CannessièresSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma44%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat10%
Higher education8%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 88 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.

Ages and diplomas in Cannessières
CannessièresSomme medianFrance median
Under 151.6%16%17%
15–244.7%12%11%
25–4414%21%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+44%25%22%
No diploma44%28%19%
CAP or BEP36%26%26%
Baccalauréat9.8%17%18%
Higher education8.2%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Cannessières has higher unemployment than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 20.0%

At the census, 10.0% of working residents in Cannessières didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Cannessières, 0.4 per working resident
20.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

80.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

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

Collège pupils travel 1.2 mi to the nearest one.

80.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Cannessières80.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Charles BignonNearest collègeCollègeCollège6180%−3 pts
80.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
1.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Cannessières than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.39/m² a month

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

Cannessières recorded 3 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.39/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cannessières€8.39/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€8.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.58 to €10.69/m² a month)
€7.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Rambures and 3 more in and around Cannessières

Heritage and museums in and near Cannessières. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Cannessières

13pages on Cannessières

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Cannessières

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

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Cannessières’ 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 →
Blangy-sur-BresleAbbevilleFriville-EscarbotinFlixecourtEuBlangy-sur-BresleAbbevilleFriville-EscarbotinFlixecourtEuCannessières
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cannessières59—————
Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime2,8196.3CA−CD
Abbeville22,39512DB−DC−
Friville-Escarbotin4,30614CB+DD
Flixecourt3,22115CB+CD
Eu Seine-Maritime6,49917CB−C−C−

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

About Cannessières

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Cannessières is a commune of 59 people in the Communauté de communes Somme Sud-Ouest. 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
59 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Somme Sud-Ouest
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1.5 sq mi (3.8 km²)
INSEE code
80169

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 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.