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YonvalSomme

A town of 243 in Somme, Hauts-de-France.

Is Yonval a good place to live?

Yonval is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Yonval’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Yonval’s story

No historic monuments in Yonval

The Culture ministry lists no building in Yonval as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne manufacture des Rames, in Abbeville, 1.9 mi away.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Musée Boucher-de-Perthes and 10 more in and around Yonval

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Yonval. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Yonval.

Who lives here

Yonval has fewer older residents than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 18% are 65 or over

For Yonval, that is below both Somme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 15% of residents.

46.8median age
YonvalSomme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Yonval
YonvalSomme medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–2410%12%11%
25–4423%21%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+18%25%22%
No diploma18%28%19%
CAP or BEP29%26%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education32%21%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Yonval has lower unemployment than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 5.0%

Yonval sits below both Somme’s towns (14.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Yonval has 0 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.1 per worker. The median disposable income is €29,150 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Yonval, 0.1 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

84.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 1.9 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

That puts Yonval below both Somme’s towns (90.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

95%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Yonval84.2%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Yonval93.8%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège MillevoyeNearest collègeCollègeCollège15877%−9 pts
Lycée Saint-Pierre PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée8998%±0 pts
Collège de PonthieuBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège14987%+4 pts

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95%
passed the general and technological bac, −2.4 pts against the expected rate
91%
passed the vocational bac, +4 pts against the expected rate
84.2%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1.9 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Yonval is €10.97/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.97/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Yonval€10.97/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Somme median€11.47/m²
€10.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €13.65/m² a month)
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Yonval

13pages on Yonval

Landmarks

Nothing in Yonval is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Yonval

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Yonval yet.

How we find them →

Yonval’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Somme →
AbbevilleFriville-EscarbotinBlangy-sur-BresleRueFlixecourtEuAbbevilleFriville-EscarbotinBlangy-sur-BresleRueFlixecourtEuYonval
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Yonval243—————
Abbeville22,3952.2DB−DC−
Friville-Escarbotin4,30611CB+DD
Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime2,81913CA−CD
Rue2,98714C+C+BB−
Flixecourt3,22114CB+CD
Eu Seine-Maritime6,49917CB−C−C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Yonval

Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France

Yonval is a commune of 243 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Baie de Somme. 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

Population
243 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de la Baie de Somme
Département
Somme (80)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1.5 sq mi (4 km²)
INSEE code
80836

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.