Fewer journeys need a car: 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €4,284/m² costs 12.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Baie de Somme. Its schools fall short: brevet results 17 points below the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Saint-Valery-sur-Somme 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Valery-sur-Somme 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 Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.
Who lives here
Children make up only 9.4% of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, fewer than in both Somme’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 44% of the town, above both Somme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 6.3%. At 60.8, the median resident of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme sits in the middle of the age range.
60.8median age
Saint-Valery-sur-SommeSomme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
44%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat13%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme sees more deaths than 85% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme records 104 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 501 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 624, 25% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme is Ch Abbeville, 10.4 mi away. Average lifespans in Somme: 84 years for women, 78.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Abbeville
10.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Abbeville
84 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Somme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme’s grade for cost of living: a C−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.97/m² a month, near Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €4,284/m²: 176 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme between July 2023 and June 2026. Apartments in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme sell for €4,600/m², houses for €3,678/m².
€4,284/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme€4,284/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Somme median€1,799/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,678/m²
127
Apartments
€4,600/m²
49
€10.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €13.65/m² a month)
12.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,410
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de la Baie de Somme
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme keeps more of its old housing than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For its size, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme has 22 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Martin. The town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in both Somme’s towns and compared French towns: 21.5% of commuters
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,760 a year per consumption unit. 1,600 jobs are based in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, for 700 working residents (2.3 per worker). Unemployment stood at 13.7%, close to Somme’s towns (14.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%).
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
On foot12%
Public transport6%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
1,600
jobs based in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, 2.3 per working resident
13.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme ranks below 55% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.1 cases of violence against people and 17.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In 2025, 33 offenses were recorded in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (2025).
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage23
Family violence10
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence13
Fraud10
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
33
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
15.5%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 15.5% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
Are schools in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme good?
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Valery-sur-Somme expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €4,284/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Valery-sur-Somme grades C− for cost of living.
About Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme is a commune of 2,306 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Baie de 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.
