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Population 627: a town in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Gentelles has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Just 15% of residents are 65 or older.
The one thing Gentelles does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gentelles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, in Corbie, 5 mi away.
4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gentelles.
The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, lower than both Somme’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 41% of adults. Also worth knowing: half of Gentelles is older than 40.3, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Gentelles | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 5.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Gentelles has 50 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.1 per worker. Median disposable income comes to €29,900 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 18 homes in Gentelles.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gentelles 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 Gentelles yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Gentelles is a commune of 627 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) · 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.