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A town of 2,397 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Gamaches has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,405/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Villes Sœurs. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 9 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Gamaches does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gamaches 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 2 historic monuments in Gamaches: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gamaches.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Gamaches is 91.0%, close to Somme’s towns (90.6%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis JouvetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 91%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Gamaches records 107 deaths per 100 expected, close to Somme’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 548 residents of Gamaches died, against 377 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 45% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Gamaches sits above both Somme’s towns (14.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Gamaches has 1,200 jobs for 800 working residents, 1.5 per worker. The median disposable income is €20,970 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Gamaches below both Somme’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 13% of the town.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
| Gamaches | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 39% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 11% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 77 offenses in the graded categories in Gamaches in 2025. For armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 6.9% of the index 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Gamaches is below both Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,405/m², comes from 82 sales of houses and apartments in Gamaches from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,405/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Gamaches comes above both Somme’s towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Gamaches: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The list names few of Gamaches’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien château: Photo: Bertrouf · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Gamaches.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamaches | 2,397 | — | — | B+ | C | D |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime | 2,819 | 4.9 | C | A− | C | D |
| Friville-Escarbotin | 4,306 | 6.7 | C | B+ | D | D |
| Eu Seine-Maritime | 6,499 | 7.5 | C | B− | C− | C− |
| Mers-les-Bains | 2,540 | 9.1 | C− | C− | C | D |
| Le Tréport Seine-Maritime | 4,378 | 9.5 | C− | C | C− | D− |
| Criel-sur-Mer Seine-Maritime | 2,527 | 11 | C− | B− | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A+, better than 97% 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 €1,405/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gamaches grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Gamaches is a commune of 2,397 people in the Communauté de communes des Villes Sœurs. 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.