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In Somme, Hauts-de-France, this town has 2,045 residents.
Schools do well: bac results 0.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment. At €1,488/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Vimeu. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B− for health.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Fressenneville 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 2 things Fressenneville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fressenneville 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.
Fressenneville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fressenneville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges archéologiques gallo-romains du lieudit Bois-l'Abbé, in Eu, 5.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fressenneville.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 84% of 85 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The closest collège is 0.9 mi off. Near Fressenneville, 90.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Somme’s towns (90.6%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gaston VasseurNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 95%+11 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent du VimeuNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 162 | 98%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 12.0%, between Somme’s towns (14.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,920 a year per consumption unit. 12.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Somme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). 28% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 13% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Fressenneville | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 34% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
64 sales of houses and apartments in Fressenneville, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,488/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 64 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,488/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Fressenneville, the most frequent was family violence (2025). Violence against people averaged 8.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.8. The 2025 count: 42 offenses 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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (15.4% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Fressenneville is Antenne de Smur Eu du Ch de Dieppe, 6.9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 258 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 231, 10% fewer. At birth, a girl in Somme can expect 84 years and a boy 78.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Heritage and museums in and near Fressenneville. Best known first.
Nothing in Fressenneville 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 Fressenneville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fressenneville | 2,045 | — | — | B+ | B | B− |
| Friville-Escarbotin | 4,306 | 1.7 | C | B+ | D | D |
| Eu Seine-Maritime | 6,499 | 7.1 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Mers-les-Bains | 2,540 | 8.1 | C− | C− | C | D |
| Le Tréport Seine-Maritime | 4,378 | 8.9 | C− | C | C− | D− |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime | 2,819 | 9.7 | C | A− | C | D |
| Criel-sur-Mer Seine-Maritime | 2,527 | 12 | C− | B− | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 162 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent du Vimeu in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,488/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fressenneville grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Fressenneville is a commune of 2,045 people in the Communauté de communes du Vimeu. 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 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.