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NurluSomme

A town of 373 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Nurlu a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Nurlu

The Culture ministry lists no building in Nurlu 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, 1 mi away.

2.3% 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 Nurlu.

Who lives here

Nurlu has fewer young adults than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below Somme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Under 15: 18% of residents. Degrees are held by 20% of adults.

47.5median age
NurluSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%

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 Nurlu
NurluSomme medianFrance median
Under 1518%16%17%
15–247.8%12%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+21%25%22%
No diploma26%28%19%
CAP or BEP26%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education20%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Nurlu than in Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 3.7%

Half of residents lived on more than €24,250 a year per consumption unit, between Somme’s towns (€22,835) and compared French towns (€25,970). 50 jobs are based in Nurlu, for 150 working residents (0.2 per worker). The unemployment rate comes to 11.4%.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Nurlu, 0.2 per working resident
11.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,250
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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Nurlu is €11.77/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 16 homes were sold in Nurlu.

€11.77/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Nurlu€11.77/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€11.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.53 to €14.53/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 Nurlu

11pages on Nurlu

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Nurlu

Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Nurlu as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Nurlu’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 →
PéronneBapaumeMasnièresProvilleCambraiNeuville-Saint-RémyPéronneBapaumeMasnièresProvilleCambraiNeuville-Saint-RémyNurlu
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Nurlu373—————
Péronne7,0906.4DB+D−D
Bapaume Pas-de-Calais3,77910DB+D−D
Masnières Nord2,68911B+A−BD
Proville Nord3,20614B+B+A−C−
Cambrai Nord31,13415C−BDD
Neuville-Saint-Rémy Nord4,01215BA−B−C+

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

About Nurlu

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Nurlu is a commune of 373 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
373 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel)
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.6 sq mi (6.7 km²)
INSEE code
80601

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.