Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C).
L'Étoile 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.
Each subject compares L'Étoile 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in L'Étoile.
HealthHealth D
L'Étoile’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 88% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 105 deaths in L'Étoile from 2016 to 2025; there were 111, 6% more. At birth, a girl in Somme can expect 84 years and a boy 78.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to L'Étoile is Ch Abbeville, 10.7 mi away.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in L'Étoile · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Abbeville
10.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Abbeville
84 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Somme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in L'Étoile are out of work than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: 20.1%
The median disposable income was €21,430 a year per consumption unit, below both Somme’s towns (€22,835) and compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.8% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 2.5% of working residents in L'Étoile didn’t travel to work at all.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in L'Étoile, 0.5 per working resident
20.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
A home in L'Étoile sells for €1,044/m², less than in Somme’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.05/m² a month, near Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme. A house rents for an estimated €8.23/m² a month.
€1,044/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
L'Étoile€1,044/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Somme median€1,799/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,044/m²
46
€11.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.80 to €13.86/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,700
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape L'Étoile: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Somme’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in L'Étoile is Oppidum dit Camp César. On the Culture ministry’s list, L'Étoile counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in L'Étoile than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: 14% of adults
A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Somme’s towns (12%). Typical age in L'Étoile: 45.5, the median. People 65 and over make up 24% of the town.
45.5median age
L'ÉtoileSomme 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 BEP34%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about L'Étoile
Is L'Étoile safe?
It has more crime per resident than 63% of compared French towns: an average of 8.8 recorded violent incidents and 15.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades C+ for safety.
Are schools in L'Étoile good?
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is L'Étoile expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so L'Étoile grades B+ for cost of living.
About L'Étoile
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
L'Étoile is a commune of 1,128 people in the Communauté de communes Nièvre et 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
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.
