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A town of 1,389 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Doingt has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Doingt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Doingt 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Doingt: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Doingt.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Doingt is 86.7%, below both Somme’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 0.9 mi away. At the general lycée, 96% of 160 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sacré-Coeur PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 59 | 100%+4 pts |
| Lycée Pierre Mendès FranceNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 160 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The jobless rate is 12.9%. The median disposable income was €26,280 a year per consumption unit, higher than Somme’s towns (€22,835) and near compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 2.1% of working residents in Doingt at the census.
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Doingt’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, lower than Somme’s towns (105) yet higher than compared French towns (88). 132 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 133: 1% below. Life expectancy in Somme: 84 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Doingt have one GP on hand.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.19/m² a month, below both Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 48 homes in Doingt. A house rents for an estimated €7.82/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,257/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, about level with Somme’s towns (6.1%) and below compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Doingt is Menhir dit La Pierre de Gargantua. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
25% of adults hold a degree, between Somme’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. Doingt has a median age of 49.2 years.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Doingt | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Doingt. Best known first.
MuseumHistorial de la Grande Guerre1.6 km west, in Péronne
MuseumMusée Alfred-Danicourt1.7 km west, in PéronneAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Biaches3.2 km west, in BiachesFortFortPorte de Bretagne1.5 km northwest, in PéronneMuseumMuseumMusée Alfred Danicourt1.4 km west, in PéronneMuseumMuseumFort Caraby1.9 km west, in PéronnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Doingt has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Doingt.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doingt | 1,389 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Péronne | 7,090 | 1 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Bapaume Pas-de-Calais | 3,779 | 13 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Ham | 4,378 | 13 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Rosières-en-Santerre | 2,894 | 14 | C | B | B− | C |
| Albert | 9,521 | 15 | C− | B | D | D |
| Saint-Quentin Aisne | 52,813 | 16 | D | B | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Doingt 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 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Doingt grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Doingt is a commune of 1,389 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel). 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.