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2,739 people call this town in Somme, Hauts-de-France home.
The picture is mixed. Safety is its strong suit: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Add walkability to its strengths (A) — 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,417/m² costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #6 of 24 in Somme. It comes out better than 59% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Saleux 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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Saleux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2021.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saleux.
On the Safety Grade, Saleux ranks 2nd of the 24 compared towns in Somme. Police and gendarmerie recorded 36 offenses locally in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saleux (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, burglary and theft from vehicles, 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, 19.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saleux’s deaths ran at 109 per 100 expected, about level with Somme’s towns (105) and above compared French towns (88). 231 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 213: 9% above. Women in Somme live to 84 on average and men to 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 6 GPs practise here.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Jobs based in Saleux number 600, against 1,200 residents in work (0.5 per worker). The median disposable income was €27,190 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Somme’s towns (€22,835) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.1% of working residents in Saleux went to work by public transport.
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.
77 sales of houses and apartments in Saleux, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,417/m². Houses made up 91% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 77 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,455/m² | 70 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.6 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #11 of 24 in Somme on results. At the lycées within 5 km of Saleux, 93.1% passed the bac, in line with Somme’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège SagebienNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 204 | 96%+3 pts |
| Lycée Louis ThuillierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 333 | 97%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century. 6% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below Somme’s towns (25%) and close to compared French towns (22%). At 43.7, the median resident of Saleux sits in the middle of the age range. Under 15: 16% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saleux | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Saleux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saleux as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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It grades A for safety, #2 of 24 in Somme.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns and #11 of 24 in Somme. 97% of 333 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Louis Thuillier in 2025, a point 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 €2,417/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saleux grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Saleux is a commune of 2,739 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.