Limoise sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.4%)
The share of empty homes trails 94% of compared French towns: 3.2%. At the 2023 Census Limoise was home to 175 people in 82 households. On the census count, 5.9% of households are headed by a manual worker. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Allier median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Limoise
Many people living alone
53% of Limoise’s households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 52% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 77% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Allier town, the change came in two steps: −12% from 2012 to 2017, then +12% to 2023.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limoise 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of Limoise’s residents are 65 or older, against 30% in the median Allier town and 22% in the median compared French town; 16% are under 18. With a median age of 49.3, Limoise is older than 81% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 73 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
53% of households are one person living alone, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fewer couples with children than in 83% of compared French towns: 18%.
In Limoise, 9.7% of homes are second homes, more than in 88% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
4.9% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 7.4%.
At the median, €23,240 a year to live on
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
At €23,240 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 53% of households are headed by a retired person
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 71% of compared French towns: 7.4%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 6.8% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 15.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Limoise, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 62% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Limoise comes in at 27%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Limoise sits below 74% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 175 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Limoise sits below 3 of its 4 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Limoise
What is the population of Limoise?
175 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (178).
How old are Limoise’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limoise?
9, with occasional dwellings: 9.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limoise?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limoise?
€23,240 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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