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The town, home to 2,425 people, lies in Somme, Hauts-de-France. Young adults aged 15 to 24 make up 17% of residents.
Crime is low: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Add schools to its strengths — bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 2.9 points above the expected rate. Its weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health, C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pont-de-Metz has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Pont-de-Metz does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pont-de-Metz 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.
Pont-de-Metz has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pont-de-Metz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne caserne Stengel, in Amiens, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Pont-de-Metz. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens4.5 km northeast, in Amiens
MuseumMusée de Picardie3.8 km east, in Amiens
ZooZoo d'Amiens3.4 km northeast, in Amiens
MuseumMusée de l'Hôtel de Berny4.4 km east, in Amiens
MuseumMaison de Jules Verne4.2 km east, in AmiensAttractionAttractionTour Perret4.6 km east, in AmiensPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pont-de-Metz.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,589/m²: 66 houses and apartments sold in Pont-de-Metz between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 62% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,241/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Pont-de-Metz show 42 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 16.0% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Graduates make up 43% of adults. The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents. Pont-de-Metz has a median age of 40 years.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Pont-de-Metz | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 17% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
94.1% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Pont-de-Metz, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and above Somme’s towns (92.6%). Vocational results within 5 km: 88% passed the bac pro, of 449 candidates at 6 lycées. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Édouard LucasNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 128 | 88%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent La HotoieNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 285 | 89%−3 pts |
| Collège Rosa ParksBest against expectations: 20 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 87 | 85%+20 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 9.2%. 350 jobs are based in Pont-de-Metz, for 1,050 working residents (0.3 per worker). 2.5% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Somme, women can expect to live 84 years and men 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 122 deaths in Pont-de-Metz between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 141: 13% below. The nearest emergency department to Pont-de-Metz is Chu Amiens Sud, 0.6 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Nothing in Pont-de-Metz is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Pont-de-Metz as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-Metz | 2,425 | — | — | D | A | B− |
| Salouël | 4,179 | 0.9 | A+ | C− | A+ | A |
| Saleux | 2,739 | 1.5 | B | D | A | D |
| Amiens | 136,449 | 2.6 | D | C− | D | C− |
| Ailly-sur-Somme | 3,003 | 3.9 | B+ | B− | A | D |
| Rivery | 3,636 | 4 | B− | C− | C | B+ |
| Camon | 4,359 | 4.6 | B− | C− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns. 89% of 285 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Hotoie in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,589/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pont-de-Metz grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Pont-de-Metz is a commune of 2,425 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.