Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.4% of households have no car
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 29% of households are headed by a manual worker in Limeux. 4.5% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 22. On empty homes, Limeux sits higher than 74% of compared French towns: 9.3%. The town is home to 166 residents in 75 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Limeux
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Limeux, 11% of its 94 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 89% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 4.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%.
A +8% change since 2012: Limeux grew faster than 65% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cher town −4%. The first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, +2%.
Older than 73% of compared French towns: half of Limeux is over 47.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limeux 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 36%, a higher share than 94% 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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,760 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.
Half of residents live in households above €29,760 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
50% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 97% of compared French towns
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
7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Measured more widely, 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).
More foreign nationals than 63% of compared French towns: 5.8%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 61% of compared French towns: 44%
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 census found that 26% of residents 15 and over are single in Limeux. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 31%, a higher share than 55% of compared French towns
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 come to 20% in Limeux, about two in ten. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 166 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Limeux are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limeux | 47.7 | 23% | 11% | 5.8% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 6.9 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 8.3 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 8.7 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 10.1 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 10.3 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 10.5 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
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 Limeux
What is the population of Limeux?
166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (153).
How old are Limeux’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limeux?
11, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limeux?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limeux?
€29,760 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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