A median age of 54.4: Limalonges is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 843 residents in 370 households: that is Limalonges at the 2023 Census. The census found that 1.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the town. Couples with children make up 17%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Limalonges
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 76 second homes and occasional dwellings in Limalonges, 15% of its 510 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Limalonges’ residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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
Households without a car make up 6.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 15% of homes are second homes. Empty homes are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 81% 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 Deux-Sèvres town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Limalonges sits below 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limalonges 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
A third of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
9.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 61% 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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of one-person households here, 35%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,520 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,520 a year: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Limalonges: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 78% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 36%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 13%, a higher share than 89% of compared French towns
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 higher than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%. Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of residents are immigrants. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
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 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Limalonges, 45%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 92% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 843 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Limalonges is younger than 2 of its 4 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limalonges | 54.4 | 33% | 15% | 14% |
| Civray 2,522 · 6.1 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 7.5 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 12.5 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Melle 5,752 · 16.2 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
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 Limalonges
What is the population of Limalonges?
843 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (867).
How old are Limalonges’ residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limalonges?
76, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limalonges?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limalonges?
€23,520 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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