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HarponvilleSomme

A town of 170 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Harponville a good place to live?

There are no grades for Harponville: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Young adults aged 15 to 24 make up 15% of residents.

What makes Harponville stand out

The one thing Harponville does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Harponville

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

The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit la Pierre d'Oblicamp, in Bavelincourt, 3.4 mi away.

15% 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 Harponville.

Who lives here

Few people in Harponville are 65 or over: 18%, below Somme’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 15% of the town. Degrees are held by 29% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Somme’s towns (21%). The age that splits Harponville in two is 42.7.

42.7median age
HarponvilleSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Harponville
HarponvilleSomme medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–2415%12%11%
25–4425%21%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+18%25%22%
No diploma19%28%19%
CAP or BEP25%26%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education29%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Harponville has lower unemployment than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 8.2%

Half of residents lived on more than €24,950 a year per consumption unit, above Somme’s towns (€22,835) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.3% of commuters travelled at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot6%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Harponville, 0.1 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

94.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 10 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.3 mi off.

94.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Harponville94.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Edmée JarlaudNearest collègeCollègeCollège7794%+10 pts
94.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +10 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Harponville than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.27/m² a month

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

Sales in Harponville from July 2023 to June 2026: 9 houses and apartments.

€10.27/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Harponville€10.27/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€10.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.51 to €12.39/m² a month)
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Clairfay and 3 more in and around Harponville

Heritage in and near Harponville. Best known first.

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

13pages on Harponville

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Harponville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Harponville yet.

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Harponville’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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AlbertCorbieDoullensVillers-BretonneuxRiveryCamonAlbertCorbieDoullensVillers-BretonneuxRiveryCamonHarponville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Harponville170—————
Albert9,5216.9C−BDD
Corbie5,9828.6BBBD−
Doullens5,75111C+A−D−D
Villers-Bretonneux4,64712ABAC−
Rivery3,63612B−C−CB+
Camon4,35912B−C−C+B−

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

About Harponville

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Harponville is a commune of 170 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot. 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
170 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.8 km²)
INSEE code
80420

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 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.