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ÉplessierSomme

A town of 342 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Éplessier a good place to live?

Éplessier is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Éplessier’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Éplessier’s story

No historic monuments in Éplessier

The Culture ministry lists no building in Éplessier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Denis, in Poix-de-Picardie, 1.2 mi away.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Éplessier.

Who lives here

Few people in Éplessier are 65 or over: 19%, below Somme’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, close to Somme’s towns (12%) and above compared French towns (11%). A quarter of adults hold a degree. Also worth knowing: the median resident of Éplessier is 42.7 years old.

42.7median age
ÉplessierSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Éplessier
ÉplessierSomme medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–2412%12%11%
25–4425%21%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+19%25%22%
No diploma21%28%19%
CAP or BEP31%26%26%
Baccalauréat14%17%18%
Higher education25%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Éplessier are out of work than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.4%

At the census, 9.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Somme’s towns (17.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs located in Éplessier: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.2 each). Median disposable income comes to €27,180 a year per consumption unit.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Public transport5%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Éplessier, 0.2 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,180
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

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

The nearest general lycée is 16.2 mi away. Collège pupils travel 1.5 mi to the nearest one.

86.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Éplessier86.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège des FontainesNearest collègeCollègeCollège9786%−2 pts
86.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
1.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Renting in Éplessier costs less than in Somme’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.53/m² a month

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

4 houses and apartments changed hands in Éplessier from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.53/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Éplessier€10.53/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€10.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.71 to €12.73/m² a month)
€8.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Éplessier

12pages on Éplessier

Landmarks

Nothing in Éplessier is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Éplessier

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Éplessier yet.

How we find them →

Éplessier’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 →
GrandvilliersCrèvecœur-le-GrandSaleuxSalouëlAilly-sur-SommeFlixecourtGrandvilliersCrèvecœur-le-GrandSaleuxSalouëlAilly-sur-SommeFlixecourtÉplessier
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Éplessier342—————
Grandvilliers Oise2,7868.1C−BDC−
Crèvecœur-le-Grand Oise3,46213A−B−B+A+
Saleux2,73913BDAD
Salouël4,17914A+C−A+A
Ailly-sur-Somme3,00314B+B−AD
Flixecourt3,22117CB+CD

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

About Éplessier

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Éplessier is a commune of 342 people in the Communauté de communes Somme Sud-Ouest. 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
342 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Somme Sud-Ouest
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
5.5 sq mi (14.2 km²)
INSEE code
80273

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 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.