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LongSomme

A town of 590 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Long a good place to live?

Long is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Long stand out

The 2 things Long does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Long
Château de Long · Inscrit · Photo: Berthgmn + Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) (retaillage/"crop" et traitement numérique) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Long’s story

Long in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Long counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1944.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Marceau Bilhaut, born in 1848, is the one person born in Long before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1944First protected: Château de Long
  • 2006Most recently protected: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Long.

Who lives here

Long has fewer older residents than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 19% are 65 or over

The 15-to-24 age group: 9.8%, below both Somme’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). 22% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.

46.5median age
LongSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Long
LongSomme medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–249.8%12%11%
25–4423%21%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+19%25%22%
No diploma19%28%19%
CAP or BEP30%26%26%
Baccalauréat20%17%18%
Higher education22%21%30%

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

History

Long keeps more of its old housing than Somme or compared French towns: 28% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

On the Culture ministry’s list, Long counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

16th c.
oldest protected part
1944
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Only 6.6% of commuters in Long go to work without a car, fewer than in both Somme’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stands at 12.0%. Half of residents lived on more than €22,630 a year per consumption unit, near Somme’s towns (€22,835) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Long counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 250 workers).

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Long, 0.3 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

87.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.2 points above the expected rate

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

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.5 mi away. The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away.

87.6%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Long87.6%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège des CygnesNearest collègeCollègeCollège7679%−6 pts
Collège Alain JacquesBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège7097%+9 pts
87.6%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +1.2 pts against the expected rate
1.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

A home in Long sells for €1,033/m², less than in both Somme’s towns and compared French towns

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

The estimated advertised rent is €11.05/m² a month, near Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Long from July 2023 to June 2026: 36 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €7.68/m² a month.

€1,033/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Long€1,033/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Somme median€1,799/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,033/m²36
€11.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.80 to €13.86/m² a month)
€7.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Long and 3 more in and around Long

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Long. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Long

14pages on Long

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Long counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Louise and Colin + Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) ((retaillage/"crop" et traitement numérique) · CC BY 2.0

Famous people from Long

One notable person was born in Long.

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Long’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 →
FlixecourtAbbevilleAilly-sur-SommeAuxi-le-ChâteauSalouëlSaleuxFlixecourtAbbevilleAilly-sur-SommeAuxi-le-ChâteauSalouëlSaleuxLong
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Long590—————
Flixecourt3,2214.9CB+CD
Abbeville22,3957.8DB−DC−
Ailly-sur-Somme3,00312B+B−AD
Auxi-le-Château Pas-de-Calais2,54715C+A−C−C
Salouël4,17917A+C−A+A
Saleux2,73917BDAD

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

About Long

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Long is a commune of 590 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
590 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
3.6 sq mi (9.3 km²)
INSEE code
80486

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.