Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 1,027: a town in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Cost of living is its strong suit (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,680/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Hangest-en-Santerre 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 one thing Hangest-en-Santerre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hangest-en-Santerre 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.
Hangest-en-Santerre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Hangest-en-Santerre; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1994.
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 Hangest-en-Santerre.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Hangest-en-Santerre is Ch Chimr Montdidier, 7.3 mi away. Adjusted for age and care homes, Hangest-en-Santerre records 104 deaths per 100 expected, close to Somme’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 73 residents of Hangest-en-Santerre died, against 70 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. In Somme, women can expect to live 84 years and men 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.42/m² a month. Sales in Hangest-en-Santerre from July 2023 to June 2026: 36 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,680/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. 29% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Somme’s towns (21%). Typical age in Hangest-en-Santerre: 41.3, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Hangest-en-Santerre | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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.
Its heritage reaches back to the 20th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Hangest-en-Santerre; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The census found 6.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. For its 500 residents in work, Hangest-en-Santerre has 250 jobs: 0.5 each. Half of residents lived on more than €27,050 a year per consumption unit, higher than Somme’s towns (€22,835) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Hangest-en-Santerre has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: APictche · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Hangest-en-Santerre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hangest-en-Santerre | 1,027 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Moreuil | 3,936 | 5.6 | B− | A− | C | D− |
| Rosières-en-Santerre | 2,894 | 6.2 | C | B | B− | C |
| Montdidier | 5,935 | 7.4 | D | B | D | D− |
| Villers-Bretonneux | 4,647 | 8.8 | A | B | A | C− |
| Roye | 5,833 | 9 | C− | B | D− | C− |
| Ailly-sur-Noye | 2,648 | 11 | A | B | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hangest-en-Santerre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Hangest-en-Santerre grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Hangest-en-Santerre is a commune of 1,027 people in the Communauté de communes Avre Luce Noye. 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 9, 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.