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With 4,306 residents, it is a town in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At C overall, Friville-Escarbotin ranks #14 of 24 in Somme. It comes out better than 33% of compared French towns. Crime is the sore point (D): an average of 14.7 recorded violent incidents and 18.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Schools are its strong suit (A−): bac results 0.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Prices are modest for what you get (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Friville-Escarbotin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Friville-Escarbotin 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 1 historic monument in Friville-Escarbotin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Maurice Delabie, born in 1887, is the one person born in Friville-Escarbotin before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Friville-Escarbotin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 495 deaths in Friville-Escarbotin from 2016 to 2025; there were 650, 31% more. In Somme, women can expect to live 84 years and men 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Friville-Escarbotin is Antenne de Smur Eu du Ch de Dieppe, 6.1 mi away.
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.
With 2,500 jobs for 1,650 working residents, Friville-Escarbotin draws people in from neighbouring communes. 130 offenses were reported in Friville-Escarbotin during 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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 · Small counts of armed robbery and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.3% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 85 candidates. On results, collèges and lycées here come #6 of 24 in Somme. Near Friville-Escarbotin, 90.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with Somme’s towns (90.6%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La Rose des ventsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 86%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent du VimeuNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 162 | 98%+2 pts |
| Collège Gaston VasseurBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 87 | 95%+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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.44/m² a month, below both Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.17/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 84% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,427/m² | 124 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Households’ median disposable income: €22,080 a year per consumption unit. 11.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Somme’s towns (17.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 14.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 15%, about level with Somme’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 26% of the population. Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Friville-Escarbotin | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Friville-Escarbotin has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and museums in and near Friville-Escarbotin. Best known first.
Friville-Escarbotin has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Friville-Escarbotin.
Gilles Defacque: PBA Lille, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friville-Escarbotin | 4,306 | — | C | B+ | D | D |
| Eu Seine-Maritime | 6,499 | 6.2 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Mers-les-Bains | 2,540 | 7 | C− | C− | C | D |
| Le Tréport Seine-Maritime | 4,378 | 7.9 | C− | C | C− | D− |
| Criel-sur-Mer Seine-Maritime | 2,527 | 11 | C− | B− | C+ | C |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime | 2,819 | 11 | C | A− | C | D |
| Abbeville | 22,395 | 13 | D | B− | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #16 of 24 in Somme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 60 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns and #6 of 24 in Somme. 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Friville-Escarbotin grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Friville-Escarbotin is a commune of 4,306 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.