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MéharicourtSomme

It is a town of 546 residents in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Méharicourt a good place to live?

Méharicourt has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

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

No historic monuments in Méharicourt

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

The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Fresnoy-lès-Roye, 4.6 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Méharicourt.

Who lives here

Méharicourt has fewer young adults than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 7% are 15 to 24

21% are under 15, higher than both Somme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Half of Méharicourt is older than 43.6, half younger. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town.

43.6median age
MéharicourtSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma30%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education17%

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 Méharicourt
MéharicourtSomme medianFrance median
Under 1521%16%17%
15–247%12%11%
25–4424%21%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+23%25%22%
No diploma30%28%19%
CAP or BEP25%26%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education17%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Méharicourt has higher unemployment than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 16.7%

At the census, 4.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Somme’s towns (17.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 50 jobs are based in Méharicourt, for 200 working residents (0.3 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €23,430 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Méharicourt, 0.3 per working resident
16.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

82.0% 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.

For collège, the closest is 2 mi away.

82.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Méharicourt82.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jules VerneNearest collègeCollègeCollège7682%±0 pts
82.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
2 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 Méharicourt than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.58/m² a month

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

25 houses and apartments changed hands in Méharicourt from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.58/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Méharicourt€10.58/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€10.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.75 to €12.79/m² a month)
€7.81/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 Méharicourt

13pages on Méharicourt

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Méharicourt

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

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Méharicourt’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 →
Rosières-en-SanterreRoyeVillers-BretonneuxMoreuilMontdidierCorbieRosières-en-SanterreRoyeVillers-BretonneuxMoreuilMontdidierCorbieMéharicourt
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Méharicourt546—————
Rosières-en-Santerre2,8941.8CBB−C
Roye5,8337.2C−BD−C−
Villers-Bretonneux4,64711ABAC−
Moreuil3,93611B−A−CD−
Montdidier5,93513DBDD−
Corbie5,98213BBBD−

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

About Méharicourt

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Méharicourt is a commune of 546 people in the Communauté de communes Terre de Picardie. 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
546 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terre de Picardie
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.7 sq mi (7.1 km²)
INSEE code
80524

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 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.