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CocquerelSomme

This town in Somme, Hauts-de-France has a population of 220.

Is Cocquerel a good place to live?

Cocquerel is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up just over a tenth of its housing.

What makes Cocquerel stand out

The one thing Cocquerel does most differently from other towns.

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Église
Église · Classé · Photo: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cocquerel’s story

Cocquerel in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Cocquerel counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

14% 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 Cocquerel.

History

Cocquerel keeps more of its old housing than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1913
first monument protected
14%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Cocquerel than in Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15

Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. Degrees are held by 27% of adults, higher than Somme’s towns (21%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Cocquerel in two is 47.8.

47.8median age
CocquerelSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education27%

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%.

Ages and diplomas in Cocquerel
CocquerelSomme medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–2412%12%11%
25–4416%21%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+25%25%22%
No diploma18%28%19%
CAP or BEP23%26%26%
Baccalauréat23%17%18%
Higher education27%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Cocquerel has lower unemployment than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8%

8.0% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €25,620 a year per consumption unit, higher than Somme’s towns (€22,835) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.0% of working residents in Cocquerel didn’t travel to work at all.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Cocquerel, 0.2 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

87.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.2 points above the expected rate

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

Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one.

87.6%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Cocquerel87.6%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège des CygnesNearest collègeCollègeCollège7679%−6 pts
Collège Alain JacquesBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège7097%+9 pts
87.6%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +1.2 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Cocquerel is €10.90/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €8.85/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 9 homes were sold in Cocquerel.

€10.90/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cocquerel€10.90/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€10.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.05 to €13.13/m² a month)
€8.85/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 Long and 4 more in and around Cocquerel

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Cocquerel. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cocquerel

13pages on Cocquerel

Landmarks

Cocquerel has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Cocquerel

One notable person was born in Cocquerel.

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Cocquerel’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 →
FlixecourtAbbevilleAilly-sur-SommeAuxi-le-ChâteauBlangy-sur-BresleFlixecourtAbbevilleAilly-sur-SommeAuxi-le-ChâteauBlangy-sur-BresleCocquerel
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cocquerel220—————
Flixecourt3,2216.1CB+CD
Abbeville22,3956.7DB−DC−
Ailly-sur-Somme3,00314B+B−AD
Auxi-le-Château Pas-de-Calais2,54715C+A−C−C
Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime2,81917CA−CD

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

About Cocquerel

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Cocquerel is a commune of 220 people in the Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre. 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
220 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
3.7 sq mi (9.7 km²)
INSEE code
80200

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.