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A town of 1,704 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Eppeville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 14.5% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 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 one thing Eppeville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Eppeville 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 2 historic monuments in Eppeville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eppeville.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Eppeville records 103 deaths per 100 expected, close to Somme’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 193 residents of Eppeville died, against 187 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Eppeville is 68.0%, below both Somme’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 79 | 95%+11 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean-Charles PeltierNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 53 | 68%−11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Eppeville comes below both Somme’s towns (€1,799/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,236/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Eppeville, that is below both Somme’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 14% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Eppeville | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Eppeville sits below both Somme’s towns (17.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 14.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Eppeville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie recorded 14 offenses in the graded categories in Eppeville in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 26.2% of the index here.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Eppeville. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Eppeville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Menhir dit La pierre qui pousse: Photo: Néolitho · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Eppeville yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Eppeville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 12.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.02/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Eppeville grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Eppeville is a commune of 1,704 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Est de la Somme. 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.