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A town of 3,636 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Rivery grades B− overall: better than 49% of compared French towns, and #10 of 24 in Somme. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 91% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Rivery does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rivery 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Rivery as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Moulin Passe-Arrière, in Amiens, 1.2 mi away.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Rivery. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens2.1 km southwest, in Amiens
MuseumMusée de Picardie2.7 km southwest, in Amiens
MuseumMusée de l'Hôtel de Berny2.1 km southwest, in Amiens
MuseumMaison de Jules Verne2.5 km southwest, in Amiens
ZooZoo d'Amiens3.6 km west, in AmiensPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rivery.
14.5% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Somme’s towns (14.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how just over a fifth of commuters travelled at the census. Also worth knowing: jobs based in Rivery number 2,000, against 1,350 residents in work (1.5 per worker). The median disposable income is €26,090 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,319/m²: 121 houses and apartments sold in Rivery between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 89% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,297/m² | 108 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Rivery. At birth, a girl in Somme can expect 84 years and a boy 78.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 329 residents of Rivery died, against 412 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
The graded crime recorded most in Rivery was criminal damage (2025). The police record for Rivery lists 90 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.7 violent offenses and 19 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 sexual violence and armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 1.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #16 of 24 in Somme.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules VerneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 163 | 84%−2 pts |
| Lycée Jean-Baptiste DelambreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 200 | 84%−3 pts |
| Collège Guy MareschalBest against expectations: 18 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 75 | 92%+18 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 31% of adults. Half the people of Rivery are older than 45.4. People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, near Somme’s towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%).
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Rivery | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Rivery is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Rivery.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C for safety, #11 of 24 in Somme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 45 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #16 of 24 in Somme. 84% of 200 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean-Baptiste Delambre 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 €2,319/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rivery grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Rivery is a commune of 3,636 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 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.