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The town, home to 1,958 people, lies in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Walkability is its strong suit (B+) — 51% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its schools fall short: brevet results 17 points below the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €4,276/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 12.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Le Crotoy 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 3 things Le Crotoy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Crotoy 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.
Le Crotoy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Le Crotoy has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Le Crotoy. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Crotoy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 3.1 mi away. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 10.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Baie de SommeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 64 | 70%−17 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Le Crotoy is Ch Abbeville, 12.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 295 residents of Le Crotoy died, against 246 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. Also worth knowing: in Somme, life expectancy at birth reaches 84 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The town has 3 family doctors.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
37% of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.1%, below Somme’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. At 57.7, the median resident of Le Crotoy sits in the middle of the age range.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Le Crotoy | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.8% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
228 sales of houses and apartments in Le Crotoy, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €4,276/m². In Le Crotoy, houses go for €3,781/m² and apartments for €5,334/m². Houses made up just over two thirds of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,781/m² | 154 |
| Apartments | €5,334/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 11.3%, lower than Somme’s towns (14.3%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,600 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Le Crotoy counts 1.1 jobs (750 jobs, 700 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The police record for Le Crotoy lists 32 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 12.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6 (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Le Crotoy (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 15.4% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Le Crotoy has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Le Crotoy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Le Crotoy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Crotoy | 1,958 | — | — | C− | B | D− |
| Rue | 2,987 | 3.9 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
| Friville-Escarbotin | 4,306 | 10 | C | B+ | D | D |
| Verton Pas-de-Calais | 2,571 | 12 | — | C | — | C |
| Berck Pas-de-Calais | 12,951 | 13 | D− | C− | D− | D |
| Abbeville | 22,395 | 13 | D | B− | D | C− |
| Rang-du-Fliers Pas-de-Calais | 4,297 | 13 | D | C | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,276/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.63/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Le Crotoy grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Le Crotoy is a commune of 1,958 people in the Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre. 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 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.