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1,545 people call this town in Somme, Hauts-de-France home.
Schools do well: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Health is a strength too (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,051/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Territoire Nord Picardie.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Villers-Bocage 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 Villers-Bocage 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.
Villers-Bocage has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villers-Bocage 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, 1.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villers-Bocage.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.8 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.
For a family doctor, residents of Villers-Bocage can choose among 2 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Villers-Bocage is Sas de Cardiologies et Urgences, 8.8 mi away. 87 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 128: 32% below. Life expectancy in Somme: 84 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Jobs located in Villers-Bocage: 650, for 650 residents in work (1 each). 7.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below Somme’s towns (14.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Villers-Bocage didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
46 sales of houses and apartments in Villers-Bocage, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,051/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,051/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 19%, higher than both Somme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 23% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Villers-Bocage | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Villers-Bocage is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Villers-Bocage as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-Bocage | 1,545 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Rivery | 3,636 | 6.5 | B− | C− | C | B+ |
| Amiens | 136,449 | 7.1 | D | C− | D | C− |
| Camon | 4,359 | 7.2 | B− | C− | C+ | B− |
| Ailly-sur-Somme | 3,003 | 7.3 | B+ | B− | A | D |
| Longueau | 5,680 | 8.9 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Salouël | 4,179 | 9.4 | A+ | C− | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villers-Bocage has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,051/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villers-Bocage grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Villers-Bocage is a commune of 1,545 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) · 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.