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Fontaine-lès-CappySomme

The town has 54 residents and lies in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Fontaine-lès-Cappy a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Fontaine-lès-Cappy is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 18% of its housing.

What makes Fontaine-lès-Cappy stand out

The one thing Fontaine-lès-Cappy does most differently from other towns.

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Fontaine-lès-Cappy’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Fontaine-lès-Cappy’s story

No historic monuments in Fontaine-lès-Cappy

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

The nearest classé monument is Polissoir dit Grès de Saint-Martin, in Assevillers, 2.4 mi away.

0% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontaine-lès-Cappy.

Who lives here

A town of families: 27% of people in Fontaine-lès-Cappy are under 15, more than in both Somme’s towns and compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, below both Somme’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree. Those 65 and older account for 24% of residents.

38.2median age
Fontaine-lès-CappySomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma29%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

39% women, 61% men

About 65 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fontaine-lès-Cappy
Fontaine-lès-CappySomme medianFrance median
Under 1527%16%17%
15–249.8%12%11%
25–4425%21%23%
45–6414%26%26%
65+24%25%22%
No diploma29%28%19%
CAP or BEP17%26%26%
Baccalauréat26%17%18%
Higher education23%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Fontaine-lès-Cappy than in Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 4.8%

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter5%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Fontaine-lès-Cappy, 0.3 per working resident
0.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Fontaine-lès-Cappy costs less than in both Somme’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.27/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 1 homes were sold in Fontaine-lès-Cappy. House rents are put at about €7.69/m² a month.

€10.27/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fontaine-lès-Cappy€10.27/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€10.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.51 to €12.39/m² a month)
€7.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Bois du Souvenir (1914-1918) and 3 more in and around Fontaine-lès-Cappy

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Fontaine-lès-Cappy. Best known first.

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Keep exploring

Everything we know about Fontaine-lès-Cappy

12pages on Fontaine-lès-Cappy

Landmarks

Nothing in Fontaine-lès-Cappy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Fontaine-lès-Cappy

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fontaine-lès-Cappy yet.

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Fontaine-lès-Cappy’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 →
Rosières-en-SanterrePéronneAlbertVillers-BretonneuxCorbieRoyeRosières-en-SanterrePéronneAlbertVillers-BretonneuxCorbieRoyeFontaine-lès-Cappy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fontaine-lès-Cappy54—————
Rosières-en-Santerre2,8946.7CBB−C
Péronne7,0907.1DB+D−D
Albert9,5219.2C−BDD
Villers-Bretonneux4,64712ABAC−
Corbie5,98212BBBD−
Roye5,83314C−BD−C−

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

About Fontaine-lès-Cappy

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Fontaine-lès-Cappy is a commune of 54 people in the Communauté de communes Terre de Picardie. 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
54 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terre de Picardie
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1.3 sq mi (3.5 km²)
INSEE code
80325

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 4, 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.