Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hescamps.
History
Hescamps keeps more of its old housing than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Hescamps is Église Saint-Vast d'Agnières. On the Culture ministry’s list, Hescamps counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Hescamps has fewer young adults than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 8.8% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by 20% of adults. At 48.5, the median resident of Hescamps sits in the middle of the age range. The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents.
48.5median age
HescampsSomme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
More people in Hescamps are out of work than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.2%
50 jobs are based in Hescamps, for 250 working residents (0.2 per worker). 5.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Somme’s towns (17.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €26,980 a year per consumption unit.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Hescamps, 0.2 per working resident
15.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Hescamps
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Hescamps is a commune of 522 people in the Communauté de communes Somme Sud-Ouest. 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
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.
