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LongavesnesSomme

A town of 77 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Longavesnes a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Longavesnes

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

The nearest classé monument is Ancien Collège des Jésuites ou grand séminaire, in Cambrai, 3.4 mi away.

4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Longavesnes.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Longavesnes than in Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 19% of the town. Longavesnes has a median age of 39.5 years.

39.5median age
LongavesnesSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education12%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Longavesnes
LongavesnesSomme medianFrance median
Under 1512%16%17%
15–2412%12%11%
25–4437%21%23%
45–6421%26%26%
65+19%25%22%
No diploma21%28%19%
CAP or BEP33%26%26%
Baccalauréat25%17%18%
Higher education12%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Longavesnes has lower unemployment than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 3.9%

The median disposable income was €22,220 a year per consumption unit, close to Somme’s towns (€22,835) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.1% of commuters at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Longavesnes, 0.1 per working resident
3.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

63.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 12 points below the expected rate

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

The nearest general lycée is 5.8 mi away. A collège lies 2.3 mi away.

63.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Longavesnes63.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Gaston BoucourtNearest collègeCollègeCollège4963%−12 pts
63.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −12 pts against the expected rate
2.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Renting in Longavesnes costs less than in both Somme’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.65/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 8 homes were sold in Longavesnes.

€9.65/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Longavesnes€9.65/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€9.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.03 to €11.60/m² a month)
€7.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Longavesnes

12pages on Longavesnes

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Longavesnes

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

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Longavesnes’ 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 →
PéronneMasnièresBapaumeSaint-QuentinGauchyProvillePéronneMasnièresBapaumeSaint-QuentinGauchyProvilleLongavesnes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Longavesnes77—————
Péronne7,0906.2DB+D−D
Masnières Nord2,68912B+A−BD
Bapaume Pas-de-Calais3,77913DB+D−D
Saint-Quentin Aisne52,81313DBD−D
Gauchy Aisne5,18314DBCD−
Proville Nord3,20615B+B+A−C−

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

About Longavesnes

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Longavesnes is a commune of 77 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel). 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
77 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel)
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1.6 sq mi (4.1 km²)
INSEE code
80487

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.