Picquigny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 13.0% unemployment. At the median price of €1,527/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme. Its strongest is walkability (A): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Picquigny with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Picquigny.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Getting about on foot is easier in Picquigny than in 86% of compared French towns
Unemployment runs at 13.0%. 12.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Somme’s towns (17.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €24,160 a year per consumption unit.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot6%
Public transport5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Picquigny, 0.5 per working resident
13.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Picquigny’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Picquigny come to 99 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 153 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 271, 77% more. The nearest emergency department to Picquigny is Chu Amiens Sud, 6.9 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Somme is 84 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw177
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Picquigny · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Amiens Sud
7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu Amiens Sud
84 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Somme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
39 sales of houses and apartments in Picquigny, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,527/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.29/m² a month, near Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.01/m² a month.
€1,527/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Picquigny€1,527/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Somme median€1,799/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,635/m²
37
€11.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.53 to €13.38/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,700
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 15% of Picquigny, fewer than in both Somme’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up 23% of adults. 24% of residents are 65 or over, near Somme’s towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Picquigny has a median age of 45.7.
45.7median age
PicquignySomme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Picquigny
Is Picquigny safe?
Picquigny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Picquigny good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Picquigny expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,527/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Picquigny grades B for cost of living.
About Picquigny
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Picquigny is a commune of 1,273 people in the Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme. 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
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.
