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LigescourtSomme

It is a town of 223 residents in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Ligescourt a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Ligescourt is too small for the grades other French towns get.

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

No historic monuments in Ligescourt

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

The nearest classé monument is Église de la Nativité de Notre-Dame ou Saint-Riquier, in Douriez, 2.9 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ligescourt.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Ligescourt than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: 12% of adults

A fifth of residents are 65 or over. Under-15s account for a fifth of the population. Line up the people of Ligescourt by age and the one in the middle is 44.8.

44.8median age
LigescourtSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma31%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education12%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ligescourt
LigescourtSomme medianFrance median
Under 1520%16%17%
15–2411%12%11%
25–4420%21%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+20%25%22%
No diploma31%28%19%
CAP or BEP35%26%26%
Baccalauréat16%17%18%
Higher education12%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Ligescourt walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 6.0%

Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,530 a year. Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Somme’s towns (14.3%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.8% of working residents in Ligescourt at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Ligescourt, 0.2 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

78.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

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

The closest lycée for the general bac is 12.7 mi off. The nearest collège is 2.6 mi away.

78.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ligescourt78.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jules RoyNearest collègeCollègeCollège6978%±0 pts
78.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 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 Ligescourt than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.34/m² a month

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

Ligescourt recorded 6 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.34/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ligescourt€10.34/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€10.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.62 to €12.40/m² a month)
€7.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Abbaye Saint-Josse de Dommartin and 2 more in and around Ligescourt

Heritage and museums in and near Ligescourt. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ligescourt

13pages on Ligescourt

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Ligescourt

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

How we find them →

Ligescourt’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Somme →
RueHesdin-la-ForêtAuxi-le-ChâteauVertonAbbevilleRang-du-FliersRueHesdin-la-ForêtAuxi-le-ChâteauVertonAbbevilleRang-du-FliersLigescourt
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ligescourt223—————
Rue2,9879.1C+C+BB−
Hesdin-la-Forêt Pas-de-Calais4,4809.3CB+D−A−
Auxi-le-Château Pas-de-Calais2,54711C+A−C−C
Verton Pas-de-Calais2,57113—C—C
Abbeville22,39513DB−DC−
Rang-du-Fliers Pas-de-Calais4,29714DCCD−

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

About Ligescourt

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Ligescourt is a commune of 223 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

Population
223 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2 sq mi (5.2 km²)
INSEE code
80477

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 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.