Dept 80 Rank #32 / 96
Somme
Hauts-de-France · Nearest city: Amiens (Paris-Lille line)
🚄 TGV
Somme Bay, chalk cliffs at Ault, waterways
Why this score · reflects your priorities
Somme pairs low natural-hazard exposure, affordable property and strong healthcare with grey skies, flat scenery and damp weather as its drags. La Somme associe une faible exposition aux risques naturels, un immobilier abordable et un très bon accès aux soins, avec pour freins un ciel gris, des paysages plats et un temps humide.
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Climate
Sunshine
1,743h/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Sunny days
127/yr
days >50% sunlit
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Rain days
127/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 1.5 fewer rain days each year.
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Annual rainfall
673mm/yr
total volume
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Heavy rain
2/yr
≥ 20 mm/day
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Torrential
0/yr
≥ 50 mm/day
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Hot days >30°
8/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Winter mildness
5/10
2.2 °C avg Jan low
Trend 2015-2025: January warming 0.2 °C per year.
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Wind
3.6m/s
annual mean
Trend 2015-2025: calmer by 0.05 m/s per year.
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Muggy days
3/yr
TG≥22°C & HU≥70%
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Avg max temperature · °C
5
J
7
F
11
M
14
A
18
M
20
J
23
J
23
A
18
S
15
O
9
N
6
D
2050 outlook TRACC +2.7°C · vs 1976-2005
Hot days ≥35°C ~+1 days · +1 so far
Tropical nights ~+3 nights · +1 so far
Frost days ~-18 days · -16 so far
Dry-soil days ~+19 days
Landscape
Landscape score
3/10
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Max elevation
216m
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Forest cover
9%
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Characteristics
🌾 Rural
Somme Bay, chalk cliffs at Ault, waterways
Identity
Somme is the birthplace of Emmanuel Macron (philosophe).
Notable figures born here
Emmanuel Macron — philosopheJean-Baptiste de Lamarck — naturalisteCharles III le Simple — monarquePaul Bourget — écrivainPierre Choderlos de Laclos — inventeurBrigitte Macron — enseignantAntoine Galland — traducteurPhilippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque — maréchalAntoine Parmentier — chimisteFrédégonde — consort
Terroir & appellations
Somme lies within protected appellation areas, including Prés-salés de la baie de Somme, Volailles de la Champagne, Volailles de Normandie.
Prés-salés de la baie de SommeVolailles de la ChampagneVolailles de NormandiePorc de Normandie
Distinctions
Plus Beaux Détours de France (1)
- Jules Verne
- Jardin d’Emonville
- Jardin des Plantes
- Jardins de l'abbaye de Valloires
- Jardin du château de Maizicourt
- +3 more
Station classée de tourisme (49)
Risks
Safety score
7/10
Flood risk
Very low
% communes flood-exposed (GASPAR union)
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Fire risk
Low
Copernicus FWI · fire-weather index
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Seismic exposure
Very low
% in a seismic zone (most of France is)
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Major risks present
Share of the department's communes listing each risk category
Flooding Low 20.7% p22 of 96
Industrial hazard Very low 7.9% p77 of 96
Earthquake Very low 1.8% p28 of 96
Hazardous-materials transport Very low 1.8% p8 of 96
Coastal Very low 1.6% p81 of 96
Ground movement Very low 0.4% p7 of 96
Transport
Transport
9/10
1.3 h to Paris · TGV + closeness
TGV access
Yes
Direct TGV station
Highways
5
A1 · A2 · A16 · A28 · A29
Work locally
33%
work in own commune
Nearest hubs
🏙 Nearest city
Amiens (Paris-Lille line)
✈ Airport
Beauvais-Tillé airport (BVA) · ~57 km
🚄 To Paris via TGV
1.3h direct
🛣 Highways
A1, A2, A16, A28, A29
Services
Healthcare
9/10
APL 4.5
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Schools
6/10
Brevet 88%
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Fiber coverage
96%
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Intl schools
3schools
International programmes available
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People
Population
555,517
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Density
90/km²
Mixed
+12% vs median 81
32 387
Pop trend
-0.1%/yr
-0.3 pts vs median · p19
Median income
$24,500
standard of living · $/yr
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Poverty rate
16.4%
below 60% of median living standard
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Unemployment
13.7%
active population out of work
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Tourism
1 bed per 24 residents
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Age distribution · % of population
0-14
14%
15-24
11%
25-39
12%
40-54
14%
55-69
20%
70+
29%
Office professionals
13.8%
cadres · engineers, managers, professionals
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Remote work
4.4%
télétravail · works without commuting
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Socio-professional mix · % of occupied workers
Office
Managers & professionals
13.8%
At-home trades
Farmers
2%
Artisans & shopkeepers
5.4%
On-site · services, health, teaching, manual
Intermediate professions incl. nurses, teachers
25.8%
Clerical & service staff
27.1%
Manual workers
25.8%
Real estate
Median
$1,870/m²
$800 $3,580
House $1,720 Apt $2,700
-1.4%/yr 2023–25
Median surface
—m²
Taxe foncière
52.68%
typical commune rate · TFPB
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Price distribution across communes · $/m²
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