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Home to 1,111 people, this town lies in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Hombleux’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (D−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 13.6% unemployment. It lags on health as well — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too: 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Hombleux 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 Hombleux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hombleux 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.
Hombleux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Hombleux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit La pierre qui pousse, in Eppeville, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hombleux.
13.6% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Somme’s towns (14.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.8% of commuters at the census. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €23,550 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Somme is 84 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Hombleux records 108 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 106 residents of Hombleux died, against 98 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. The nearest emergency department to Hombleux is Ch Chicn Noyon, 10.8 mi away.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.02/m² a month, lower than both Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €7.63/m² a month. Hombleux recorded 43 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,127/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below Somme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 18% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Hombleux | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Hombleux 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 Hombleux yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Hombleux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hombleux grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Hombleux is a commune of 1,111 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Est de la 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) · 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 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.