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Fouilloy has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
- 2017First protected: mémorial national australien de Villers-Bretonneux
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Somme, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,723 residents.
Fouilloy’s schools beat most (A−): brevet results 2.5 points above the expected rate. The weak point is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,629/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Val de Somme. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Fouilloy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Fouilloy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fouilloy 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.
Fouilloy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Fouilloy has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Fouilloy. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fouilloy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Fouilloy, 91.9% passed the brevet, near Somme’s towns (90.6%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8 mi away. The closest collège is 0.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sainte-Colette PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 100%+6 pts |
| Collège Jacques BrelBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 117 | 94%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: 10% of residents. Degrees are held by 27% of adults, above Somme’s towns (21%) but below compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Fouilloy in two is 49.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Fouilloy | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 429 residents of Fouilloy died, against 258 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 66% more. The nearest emergency department to Fouilloy is Sas de Cardiologies et Urgences, 9.4 mi away. In Somme, women can expect to live 84 years and men 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Fouilloy; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Half of residents lived on more than €26,060 a year per consumption unit, higher than Somme’s towns (€22,835) and near compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 9.5%. 450 jobs are based in Fouilloy, for 700 working residents (0.7 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 84% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. A house rents for an estimated €11.06/m² a month. That is the middle of 70 sales of houses and apartments in Fouilloy from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,799/m² for the median of compared towns in Somme.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,833/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Fouilloy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

mémorial national australien de Villers-Bretonneux: Photo: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Fouilloy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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Fouilloy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,629/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fouilloy grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Fouilloy is a commune of 1,723 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de 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.