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A town of 1,085 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Talmas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Talmas 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Talmas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Clermont-Tonnerre (également sur commune de Poulainville), in Bertangles, 3.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Talmas.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one. The nearest general lycée is 8.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les CoudriersNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 96%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Somme: 84 years for women, 78.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 76 deaths in Talmas from 2016 to 2025; there were 85, 12% more. The nearest emergency department to Talmas is Ch Doullens, 8.5 mi away. One GP practises in the town.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The census found 4.0% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment stood at 8.2%, below Somme’s towns (14.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs located in Talmas: 150, for 500 residents in work (0.4 each).
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.
The market in Talmas: 24 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.64/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Somme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.9%. Ages in Talmas split evenly at 46.2: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Talmas | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Talmas. 10 offenses were reported in Talmas during 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4 cases of violence against people and 12 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 42.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Talmas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Talmas yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talmas | 1,085 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Doullens | 5,751 | 8.8 | C+ | A− | D− | D |
| Rivery | 3,636 | 8.9 | B− | C− | C | B+ |
| Ailly-sur-Somme | 3,003 | 9.3 | B+ | B− | A | D |
| Camon | 4,359 | 9.6 | B− | C− | C+ | B− |
| Amiens | 136,449 | 9.6 | D | C− | D | C− |
| Flixecourt | 3,221 | 11 | C | B+ | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Talmas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Talmas is a commune of 1,085 people in the Communauté de communes du Territoire Nord Picardie. 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.