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A town in Somme, Hauts-de-France, home to 1,174 people.
Dargnies’s strongest is schools — bac results 0.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 11 points above the expected rate. At €1,743/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Villes Sœurs. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 15.1% unemployment. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Dargnies 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.
The one thing Dargnies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dargnies 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.
Dargnies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Dargnies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges archéologiques gallo-romains du lieudit Bois-l'Abbé, in Eu, 3.1 mi away.
14% 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 Dargnies.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 85 candidates. The nearest collège is 3 mi away. The bac pass rate near Dargnies is 93.2%, close to both Somme’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gaston VasseurNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 95%+11 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent du VimeuNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 162 | 98%+2 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.
Adjusted mortality in Dargnies: 109 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 138 residents of Dargnies died, against 127 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. Women in Somme live to 84 on average and men to 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
The median disposable income is €21,720 a year per consumption unit. 15.1% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Somme’s towns (14.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
39 sales of houses and apartments in Dargnies, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,743/m². A house rents for an estimated €8.30/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,743/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, near Somme’s towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Dargnies is 46.3.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Dargnies | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Dargnies. Best known first.
Nothing in Dargnies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Dargnies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dargnies | 1,174 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Friville-Escarbotin | 4,306 | 3.1 | C | B+ | D | D |
| Eu Seine-Maritime | 6,499 | 4.8 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Mers-les-Bains | 2,540 | 6.2 | C− | C− | C | D |
| Le Tréport Seine-Maritime | 4,378 | 6.8 | C− | C | C− | D− |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime | 2,819 | 8.8 | C | A− | C | D |
| Criel-sur-Mer Seine-Maritime | 2,527 | 9.2 | C− | B− | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dargnies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 162 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent du Vimeu in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,743/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Dargnies grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Dargnies is a commune of 1,174 people in the Communauté de communes des Villes Sœurs. 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.