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OccochesSomme

121 residents make their home in this town in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Occoches a good place to live?

Occoches isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. It skews young: 14% of residents are 15 to 24.

What makes Occoches stand out

The one thing Occoches does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Occoches

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

The nearest classé monument is Salle du Commandement unique en l'hôtel de ville, in Doullens, 3.4 mi away.

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

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Occoches.

Who lives here

Students and young workers shape Occoches: 14% are 15 to 24, above Somme’s towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, above Somme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 30% have a degree. The age that splits Occoches in two is 45.5.

45.5median age
OccochesSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education30%

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 Occoches
OccochesSomme medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–2414%12%11%
25–4421%21%23%
45–6420%26%26%
65+31%25%22%
No diploma16%28%19%
CAP or BEP30%26%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education30%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Occoches has higher unemployment than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 18.2%

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 10.6% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs based in Occoches number 50, against 50 residents in work (0.6 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,940 a year.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot9%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Occoches, 0.6 per working resident
18.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Occoches than in Somme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.50/m² a month

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

Sales in Occoches from July 2023 to June 2026: 2 houses and apartments.

€9.50/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Occoches€9.50/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€9.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.94 to €11.37/m² a month)
€8.53/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 Occoches

11pages on Occoches

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Occoches

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

How we find them →

Occoches’ 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 →
DoullensFréventAuxi-le-ChâteauFlixecourtSaint-Pol-sur-TernoiseHesdin-la-ForêtDoullensFréventAuxi-le-ChâteauFlixecourtSaint-Pol-sur-TernoiseHesdin-la-ForêtOccoches
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Occoches121—————
Doullens5,7513.4C+A−D−D
Frévent Pas-de-Calais3,2597B−ADD
Auxi-le-Château Pas-de-Calais2,5477.9C+A−C−C
Flixecourt3,22114CB+CD
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise Pas-de-Calais4,67714B−B+D−B+
Hesdin-la-Forêt Pas-de-Calais4,48017CB+D−A−

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

About Occoches

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Occoches is a commune of 121 people in the Communauté de communes du Territoire Nord 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
121 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Territoire Nord Picardie
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.7 sq mi (7.1 km²)
INSEE code
80602

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.