Rue grades C+ overall: better than 38% of compared French towns, and #12 of 24 in Somme. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 12.2% unemployment. At the median price of €1,984/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 66% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% 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.
Each subject compares Rue 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 Rue.
History
Rue is rich in protected monuments: 20 per 10,000 residents, more than Somme’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Rue above both Somme’s towns (3.9) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Rue: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Rue is Chapelle du Saint-Esprit.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Rue skews older, with 35% of residents 65 or over, more than Somme’s towns or compared French towns
On this, Rue is above both Somme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 12% of the population.
53.8median age
RueSomme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Rue is easier to get around on foot than 78% of compared French towns
At the census, 17.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Somme’s towns (17.3%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €22,740 a year per consumption unit.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot11%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
1,500
jobs based in Rue, 1.4 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Rue has less crime per resident than 58% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 56 offenses in the graded categories in Rue in 2025. For armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 6.1% of the index here. With 1,500 jobs for 1,050 working residents, Rue draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
10.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Sexual violence18
Other physical violence12
Family violence6
Theft without violence12
Fraud9
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.
10.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
56
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Rue sees 89 deaths per 100 expected, against 105 in Somme’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 735 residents of Rue died, against 532 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% more. Its care home for older people (236 places) counts its residents as Rue’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw138
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Rue · 5.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de L Arrondissement de Montreuil
10.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Arrondissement de Montreuil
84 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Somme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chapelle du Saint-Esprit: Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château du Broutel: Photo: APictche · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bâtiments adjacents au beffroi: Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle de l'Hospice: Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rue
Is Rue safe?
It grades B for safety, #8 of 24 in Somme.
Are schools in Rue good?
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns and #20 of 24 in Somme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rue expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,984/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.63/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rue grades C+ for cost of living.
About Rue
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Rue is a commune of 2,987 people in the Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre. 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.
