Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,969 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Chaulnes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,237/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Terre de Picardie. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 9 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Chaulnes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chaulnes 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chaulnes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Fresnoy-lès-Roye, 5.5 mi away.
1.2% 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 Chaulnes.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Chaulnes is 93.0%, above Somme’s towns (90.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 10.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Aristide BriandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 58 | 93%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Jobs based in Chaulnes number 1,550, against 700 residents in work (2.2 per worker). The median disposable income was €21,400 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Somme’s towns (€22,835) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Chaulnes went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Chaulnes records 102 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 178 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 182, 2% more. The nearest emergency department to Chaulnes is Ch Peronne, 10.1 mi away. 6 GPs practise in the town.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Violence against people averaged 9.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.8. Chaulnes’s tally for 2025: 23 recorded offenses. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Chaulnes (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 17.5% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
60 sales of houses and apartments in Chaulnes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,237/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.08/m² a month, close to Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.36/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,237/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
20% of residents are 65 or over, below Somme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The under-15s are 19% of the population here. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Chaulnes | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Chaulnes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 4 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Chaulnes 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 →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaulnes | 1,969 | — | — | B | B+ | C− |
| Rosières-en-Santerre | 2,894 | 4.5 | C | B | B− | C |
| Roye | 5,833 | 8 | C− | B | D− | C− |
| Péronne | 7,090 | 9.9 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Ham | 4,378 | 13 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Villers-Bretonneux | 4,647 | 13 | A | B | A | C− |
| Albert | 9,521 | 15 | C− | B | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,237/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chaulnes grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Chaulnes is a commune of 1,969 people in the Communauté de communes Terre de 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) · 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.