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The town, home to 1,376 people, lies in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is schools: brevet results at the expected rate. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 12.4% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Crécy-en-Ponthieu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Crécy-en-Ponthieu 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.
Crécy-en-Ponthieu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Crécy-en-Ponthieu does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Crécy-en-Ponthieu, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Crécy-en-Ponthieu has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Séverin: Photo: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crécy-en-Ponthieu.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules RoyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 78%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (91 places) counts its residents as Crécy-en-Ponthieu’s; allowing for it, deaths were 2% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 230 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 337, 47% more. The nearest emergency department to Crécy-en-Ponthieu is Ch Abbeville, 10.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Crécy-en-Ponthieu can choose among 4 GPs.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults. A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Somme’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Crécy-en-Ponthieu is 49.1 years old.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Crécy-en-Ponthieu | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Crécy-en-Ponthieu, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.95/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 59 homes in Crécy-en-Ponthieu. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.63/m² a month, near Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,423/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The jobless rate is 12.4%. The median disposable income was €22,980 a year per consumption unit, near Somme’s towns (€22,835) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 5.3% of Crécy-en-Ponthieu’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Crécy-en-Ponthieu.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Crécy-en-Ponthieu is a commune of 1,376 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crécy-en-Ponthieu | 1,376 | — | — | B | — | C− |
| Rue | 2,987 | 9.3 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
| Abbeville | 22,395 | 10 | D | B− | D | C− |
| Auxi-le-Château Pas-de-Calais | 2,547 | 10 | C+ | A− | C− | C |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt Pas-de-Calais | 4,480 | 11 | C | B+ | D− | A− |
| Verton Pas-de-Calais | 2,571 | 15 | — | C | — | C |
| Rang-du-Fliers Pas-de-Calais | 4,297 | 16 | D | C | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Crécy-en-Ponthieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 650 jobs for 500 working residents, Crécy-en-Ponthieu draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Crécy-en-Ponthieu grades B for cost of living.
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 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.