What is the highest town in Hauts-de-France?

Ohain (Nord) is the highest town in Hauts-de-France: its town hall stands at 249 m above sea level.

What are the 10 highest towns in Hauts-de-France?

In order: Ohain (249 m), Watigny (247 m), Mont-Saint-Jean (244 m), Brunehamel (239 m), Clairfayts (236 m), Anor (235 m), Le Coudray-Saint-Germer (229 m), Les Hauts-Talican (228 m), Iviers (227 m), and Formerie (226 m).

What is the lowest-lying town in Hauts-de-France?

Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village (Nord) is the lowest-lying town in Hauts-de-France: its town hall stands at 2 m above sea level. See The lowest-lying towns in Hauts-de-France.

How many towns in Hauts-de-France are ranked?

3,781 out of 3,782. Not ranked: towns whose town hall elevation is not available.

Which elevation is used?

The elevation of the town hall, computed by the IGN elevation service (RGE ALTI terrain model) at the “town hall” point published by geo.api.gouv.fr. No regularly updated official source gives the lowest or highest point of a commune: its summit can be much higher.

Highest Towns in Hauts-de-France: 2026 Ranking by Elevation

This ranking covers 3,781 of the 3,782 towns in Hauts-de-France. Not ranked: towns whose town hall elevation is not available. The table is split into pages of 100 towns. At the other end of the ranking, Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village (Nord) comes last with 2 m.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: highest towns in Hauts-de-France

Rank	Town	Department	Town hall elevation (m)	Population
1	Ohain	Nord (59)	249	1,193
2	Watigny	Aisne (02)	247	357
3	Mont-Saint-Jean	Aisne (02)	244	80
4	Brunehamel	Aisne (02)	239	471
5	Clairfayts	Nord (59)	236	365
6	Anor	Nord (59)	235	3,135
7	Le Coudray-Saint-Germer	Oise (60)	229	882
8	Les Hauts-Talican	Oise (60)	228	554
9	Iviers	Aisne (02)	227	222
10	Formerie	Oise (60)	226	2,119
11	Parfondeval	Aisne (02)	225	145
12	Les Autels	Aisne (02)	224	63
13	Lalandelle	Oise (60)	221	514
14	La Houssoye	Oise (60)	221	604
15	Larouillies	Nord (59)	221	238
16	Bouvresse	Oise (60)	221	174
17	Clairfontaine	Aisne (02)	220	614
18	Blargies	Oise (60)	218	506
19	Le Vauroux	Oise (60)	218	504
20	La Capelle	Aisne (02)	217	1,814
21	La Chapelle-sur-Chézy	Aisne (02)	217	309
22	Abancourt	Oise (60)	216	580
23	Trélon	Nord (59)	216	2,661
24	Moliens	Oise (60)	216	1,133
25	La Bouteille	Aisne (02)	214	470
26	Romescamps	Oise (60)	212	565
27	Campeaux	Oise (60)	211	492
28	Fourcigny	Somme (80)	211	182
29	Gauville	Somme (80)	210	333
30	Le Coudray-sur-Thelle	Oise (60)	210	570
31	Ronchères	Aisne (02)	209	155
32	Grandrieux	Aisne (02)	209	80
33	Any-Martin-Rieux	Aisne (02)	209	464
34	Sommeron	Aisne (02)	209	139
35	Mureaumont	Oise (60)	209	143
36	La Drenne	Oise (60)	208	1,099
37	Escles-Saint-Pierre	Oise (60)	208	176
38	Beaucamps-le-Jeune	Somme (80)	206	211
39	Morvillers-Saint-Saturnin	Somme (80)	205	381
40	Fouilloy	Oise (60)	205	213
41	Saint-Thibault	Oise (60)	204	286
42	Froidestrées	Aisne (02)	204	204
43	Floyon	Nord (59)	204	520
44	Beaurieux	Nord (59)	203	176
45	Broquiers	Oise (60)	203	235
46	Sarcus	Oise (60)	203	268
47	Beaumont-les-Nonains	Oise (60)	203	346
48	Marlers	Somme (80)	202	151
49	Sainte-Geneviève	Oise (60)	202	3,556
50	Papleux	Aisne (02)	201	121
51	Briot	Oise (60)	201	307
52	Dohis	Aisne (02)	201	85
53	Buironfosse	Aisne (02)	199	1,136
54	Montjavoult	Oise (60)	199	539
55	Coingt	Aisne (02)	199	63
56	Monceaux-l'Abbaye	Oise (60)	199	213
57	Courboin	Aisne (02)	199	317
58	Lignières-Châtelain	Somme (80)	199	350
59	Feuquières	Oise (60)	199	1,450
60	Villeneuve-sur-Fère	Aisne (02)	198	281
61	Dhuys et Morin-en-Brie	Aisne (02)	198	837
62	Senlecques	Pas-de-Calais (62)	197	256
63	Halloy	Oise (60)	197	444
64	Rozoy-Bellevalle	Aisne (02)	197	125
65	Sarnois	Oise (60)	196	359
66	Rouvroy-sur-Serre	Aisne (02)	196	45
67	Grandvilliers	Oise (60)	196	2,846
68	Mondrepuis	Aisne (02)	196	1,046
69	Loueuse	Oise (60)	195	158
70	Aibes	Nord (59)	195	358
71	Brombos	Oise (60)	195	245
72	Wallers-en-Fagne	Nord (59)	195	289
73	Hescamps	Somme (80)	195	536
74	Neuville-Coppegueule	Somme (80)	195	518
75	Baives	Nord (59)	195	163
76	Sains-du-Nord	Nord (59)	194	2,780
77	La Flamengrie	Aisne (02)	194	1,118
78	Beugnies	Nord (59)	193	605
79	Fontenelle	Aisne (02)	193	284
80	Quiévelon	Nord (59)	192	143
81	Saint-Michel	Aisne (02)	192	3,235
82	Eccles	Nord (59)	192	96
83	Glageon	Nord (59)	191	1,726
84	Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre	Nord (59)	191	277
85	Le Plessier-Huleu	Aisne (02)	191	95
86	Meigneux	Somme (80)	191	185
87	Offignies	Somme (80)	191	83
88	Laboissière-en-Thelle	Oise (60)	191	1,346
89	Fontaine-lès-Vervins	Aisne (02)	190	1,061
90	Wattignies-la-Victoire	Nord (59)	190	245
91	Caulières	Somme (80)	190	225
92	Eppe-Sauvage	Nord (59)	190	245
93	Glatigny	Oise (60)	190	216
94	Lafresguimont-Saint-Martin	Somme (80)	190	562
95	Solre-le-Château	Nord (59)	189	1,823
96	Fourmies	Nord (59)	189	11,644
97	Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine	Oise (60)	189	379
98	Maninghem	Pas-de-Calais (62)	189	155
99	Prévillers	Oise (60)	188	252
100	Bérelles	Nord (59)	188	168

Source: IGN, Géoplateforme elevation service (RGE ALTI); geo.api.gouv.fr (town hall position); elevation of the town hall of each commune. Not ranked: towns whose town hall elevation is not available. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

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