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Population 288: a town in Somme, Hauts-de-France.
Villers-lès-Roye has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villers-lès-Roye as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Roye, 2.7 mi away.
2.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villers-lès-Roye.
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults, above Somme’s towns (21%) but below compared French towns (30%). Typical age in Villers-lès-Roye: 40.5, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Villers-lès-Roye | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.4% of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €27,290 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Somme’s towns (€22,835) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 1.7% of working residents in Villers-lès-Roye didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 7.7 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louise MichelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 75%−8 pts |
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 70 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.06/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 8 homes were sold in Villers-lès-Roye.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Villers-lès-Roye 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 Villers-lès-Roye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-lès-Roye | 288 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roye | 5,833 | 2.4 | C− | B | D− | C− |
| Rosières-en-Santerre | 2,894 | 7.7 | C | B | B− | C |
| Montdidier | 5,935 | 8.1 | D | B | D | D− |
| Moreuil | 3,936 | 12 | B− | A− | C | D− |
| Villers-Bretonneux | 4,647 | 15 | A | B | A | C− |
| Noyon Oise | 12,971 | 15 | D | B− | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Villers-lès-Roye is a commune of 288 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Roye. 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 November 8, 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.