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With 168 residents, it is a town in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Fonches-Fonchette has none. Just 14% of residents are 65 or older.
The one thing Fonches-Fonchette does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fonches-Fonchette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Fresnoy-lès-Roye, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fonches-Fonchette.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town, above both Somme’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Nearly a fifth of adults hold a degree. Line up the people of Fonches-Fonchette by age and the one in the middle is 33.5.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Fonches-Fonchette | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 27% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 16% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.7% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €20,870 a year per consumption unit, below both Somme’s towns (€22,835) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.8% of working residents in Fonches-Fonchette didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.5 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 12.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Aristide BriandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 58 | 93%+9 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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 14 homes in Fonches-Fonchette.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Fonches-Fonchette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fonches-Fonchette yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fonches-Fonchette | 168 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roye | 5,833 | 5.4 | C− | B | D− | C− |
| Rosières-en-Santerre | 2,894 | 5.8 | C | B | B− | C |
| Ham | 4,378 | 12 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Péronne | 7,090 | 12 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Montdidier | 5,935 | 14 | D | B | D | D− |
| Villers-Bretonneux | 4,647 | 15 | A | B | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Fonches-Fonchette is a commune of 168 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Roye. 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) · 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 9, 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.