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GinchySomme

A town of 75 in Somme, Hauts-de-France. 29% of residents are 65 or over.

Is Ginchy a good place to live?

Ginchy is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Ginchy stand out

The one thing Ginchy does most differently from other towns.

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Ginchy’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Ginchy’s story

No historic monuments in Ginchy

The Culture ministry lists no building in Ginchy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Rocquigny, 4.9 mi away.

0% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ginchy.

Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in Ginchy are under 15, more than in Somme’s towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above both Somme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Typical age in Ginchy: 43, the median.

43median age
GinchySomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ginchy
GinchySomme medianFrance median
Under 1521%16%17%
15–2410%12%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6418%26%26%
65+29%25%22%
No diploma22%28%19%
CAP or BEP28%26%26%
Baccalauréat12%17%18%
Higher education24%21%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Ginchy has lower unemployment than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 4.0%

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Motorbike or scooter8%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Ginchy, 0.2 per working resident
4.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Ginchy is €11.17/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Ginchy from July 2023 to June 2026: 5 houses and apartments.

€11.17/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ginchy€11.17/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€11.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.24 to €13.51/m² a month)
€7.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée commémoratif sud-africain du Bois Delville and 3 more in and around Ginchy

Museums and heritage in and near Ginchy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Ginchy

12pages on Ginchy

Landmarks

Nothing in Ginchy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Ginchy

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Ginchy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Ginchy’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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BapaumePéronneAlbertRosières-en-SanterreCorbieBeaurainsBapaumePéronneAlbertRosières-en-SanterreCorbieBeaurainsGinchy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ginchy75—————
Bapaume Pas-de-Calais3,7795.6DB+D−D
Péronne7,0907.7DB+D−D
Albert9,5218.3C−BDD
Rosières-en-Santerre2,89415CBB−C
Corbie5,98216BBBD−
Beaurains Pas-de-Calais5,55917C+C+C+C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Ginchy

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Ginchy is a commune of 75 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel). 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

Population
75 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel)
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.3 sq mi (6 km²)
INSEE code
80378

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.