Limeyrat is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.3
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of homes stand empty in Limeyrat. The town has fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.9%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 424, in 200 households. Households headed by a retired person come to 51% locally, about five in ten.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Limeyrat
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 59 second homes and occasional dwellings in Limeyrat, 22% of its 270 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Limeyrat’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Limeyrat had 454 residents at the 2012 census and 424 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1.9% of homes are flats, below 99% 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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Here, just over a fifth of homes are second homes. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.5% here, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns.
−7% since 2012: slower than 92% 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
The median Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six −5%.
In Limeyrat, 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limeyrat 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Limeyrat. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 17%, a lower share than 85% 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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.1 people. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here 33% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
€23,690 a year: the median standard of living
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 €23,690 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Limeyrat sits below 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.8%)
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
7.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Limeyrat ranks below 71% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.3%
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.
On the census count, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Married residents make up 50% in Limeyrat, more than in 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Limeyrat has 21%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 90% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (16%), Limeyrat is below 68% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 424 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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Limeyrat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limeyrat | 53.3 | 28% | 22% | 4.3% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 5.6 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 10.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 10.6 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 11.2 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 12.3 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Champcevinel 3,126 · 12.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 4.4% |
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 Limeyrat
What is the population of Limeyrat?
424 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (454).
How old are Limeyrat’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limeyrat?
59, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limeyrat?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limeyrat?
€23,690 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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