A smaller share of households without a car than 94% of compared French towns: 4%
2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. Limony’s 380 households held 833 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. At 9%, the share of flats is lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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.
Growth of +17% since 2012 puts Limony ahead of 85% 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
Over those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +10% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 81% of compared French towns, at 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limony 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Limony’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Limony, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Limony, less than in 80% of compared French towns
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 72% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children. The figure for single-parent households is 8% in Limony and 10% in the typical compared French town.
Above 74% of compared French towns: 4.4% of homes are second homes
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
Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. On empty homes, Limony sits higher than 71% of compared French towns: 8.8%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €26,940 a year
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,940 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Limony ranks below 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4%
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
Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 67% of compared French towns: 4.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (3%), Limony is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
The figure for married residents is 48% in Limony and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 60% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Adults with no qualification: 17%, below three fifths of compared French towns. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 833 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Limony is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limony | 45.2 | 23% | 4.4% | 4.7% |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon 6,718 · 2.3 mi | 41.8 | 24% | 0.9% | 25% |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil 6,889 · 2.7 mi | 38.9 | 17% | 1.2% | 13% |
| Roussillon 8,595 · 2.9 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 15% |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 4,606 · 3 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Chavanay 2,884 · 4.3 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 4.4 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
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 Limony
What is the population of Limony?
833 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (715).
How old are Limony’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limony?
19, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limony?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limony?
€26,940 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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