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CantignySomme

A town of 110 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Cantigny a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Cantigny

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Agnan, in Grivesnes, 2.1 mi away.

2.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cantigny.

Who lives here

Children make up 18% of Cantigny, above Somme’s towns and compared French towns

10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, below Somme’s towns (25%) and close to compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Cantigny is 40 years old.

40median age
CantignySomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cantigny
CantignySomme medianFrance median
Under 1518%16%17%
15–2410%12%11%
25–4427%21%23%
45–6423%26%26%
65+22%25%22%
No diploma18%28%19%
CAP or BEP35%26%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education24%21%30%

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

Work & commute

More people in Cantigny are out of work than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: 20.8%

The median disposable income is €26,040 a year per consumption unit. 6.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Somme’s towns (17.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Cantigny didn’t travel to work at all.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot7%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Cantigny, 0.2 per working resident
20.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Cantigny than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.84/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 5 homes were sold in Cantigny.

€10.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cantigny€10.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€10.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.91 to €13.17/m² a month)
€8.09/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 Cantigny

11pages on Cantigny

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Cantigny

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

How we find them →

Cantigny’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 →
MontdidierMoreuilAilly-sur-NoyeBreteuilSaint-Just-en-ChausséeRoyeMontdidierMoreuilAilly-sur-NoyeBreteuilSaint-Just-en-ChausséeRoyeCantigny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cantigny110—————
Montdidier5,9353.8DBDD−
Moreuil3,9367.8B−A−CD−
Ailly-sur-Noye2,6488.4ABA−B−
Breteuil Oise4,2229.1C+C+DB
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée Oise5,81011DBDC−
Roye5,83313C−BD−C−

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

About Cantigny

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Cantigny is a commune of 110 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Roye. 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
110 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Roye
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1.6 sq mi (4.1 km²)
INSEE code
80170

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.