Good value, with catches elsewhere. Where it falls short is safety: an average of 10.8 recorded violent incidents and 22.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taken together, its subjects give Limoges a C overall, better than a third of compared French towns. Fewer journeys need a car: just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It is strong on cost of living as well — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Limoges with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Limoges.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Limoges are out of work than in Haute-Vienne’s towns or across compared French towns: 16.0%
Per resident in work, Limoges counts 1.7 jobs (84,300 jobs, 48,800 workers). The median disposable income was €22,690 a year per consumption unit, below Haute-Vienne’s towns (€25,970) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 2.7% of Limoges’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
27%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
Public transport12%
On foot12%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
84,300
jobs based in Limoges, 1.7 per working resident
16.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 93% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Limoges sits above 88% of compared French towns
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Limoges (2025). Recorded offenses locally came to 4,438 in 2025. This Haute-Vienne town ranks last of the 19 compared towns in Haute-Vienne on the Safety Grade.
10.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage1,557
Theft from vehicles807
Other physical violence663
Family violence495
Burglary455
Sexual violence314
Vehicle theft130
Armed robbery17
Theft without violence1,425
Fraud992
Drug use820
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
10.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4,438
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the 15 collèges within 5 km, 5.2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 0.7 mi to the nearest one. Its schools’ results rank #12 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. At the eight general lycées, 96% of 1,972 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
A typical home in Limoges sells for €1,607/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.36/m² a month, near Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). In Limoges, houses go for €1,863/m² and apartments for €1,516/m². The market in the town: 5,378 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,607/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Limoges€1,607/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Vienne median€1,607/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,863/m²
1,583
Apartments
€1,516/m²
3,795
€10.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.24 to €13.01/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,940
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Limoges: 67 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to Antiquity. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1995. Among the classé monuments in Limoges is Ancienne abbaye Saint-Martial.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Limoges sees fewer deaths than 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 13,033 residents of Limoges died, against 13,747 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. Its 14 care homes for older people (1,163 places) count their residents as Limoges’; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Limoges can choose among 166 GPs. At birth, a girl in Haute-Vienne can expect 84.4 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
166
GPs in Limoges · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital de la Mere et de L Enfant
1.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital de la Mere et de L Enfant
84.4 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Vienne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Students and young workers shape Limoges: 18% are 15 to 24, above Haute-Vienne’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by just over a third of adults. 14% are under 15, lower than both Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 23% of the town.
39.5median age
LimogesHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
18%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
André Antoine: Charles Reutlinger, Paris, Public domain · Jean-Baptiste Jourdan: Julie Volpelière / Horace Vernet, Public domain · Benoît Badiashile: The White House, Public domain · Maryse Bastié: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud: Circle of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Public domain · Thomas-Robert Bugeaud: Charles-Philippe Larivière, Public domain
Limoges’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Limoges
Is Limoges safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 455 burglaries and 1,557 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Limoges good?
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #12 of 17 in Haute-Vienne. 98% of 243 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Léonard Limosin in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Limoges expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Limoges grades B+ for cost of living.
About Limoges
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Limoges is a commune of 129,937 people in the Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
