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A town of 1,096 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Saveuse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saveuse 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 Saveuse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cimetière de la Madeleine, in Amiens, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saveuse.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Saveuse, that is below both Somme’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 65 residents of Saveuse died, against 102 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Saveuse sits below both Somme’s towns (14.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Saveuse has 50 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.1 per worker. The median disposable income is €30,760 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.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Saveuse above both Somme’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 19% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saveuse | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 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.
The bac pass rate near Saveuse is 88.3%, below both Somme’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Val de SommeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 88%±0 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
Family days out and heritage in and near Saveuse. Best known first.
ZooZoo d'Amiens4.4 km east, in AmiensTheme parkTheme parkFoire de la Saint-Jean4.5 km east, in AmiensZooZooParc Zoologique de la Petite Hotoie4.5 km east, in AmiensChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Argœuves3.3 km north, in ArgœuvesWater parkWater parkAmiens Cable Park2.7 km north, in Dreuil-lès-AmiensChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montières3.5 km northeast, in AmiensPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Saveuse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saveuse.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Saveuse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 43% 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.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Saveuse is a commune of 1,096 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) · 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.