Linards ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 23%
1.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. At 7.1%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Linards’s 500 households held 1,001 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 22 here (4.6%).
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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 Linards
Fewer residents than in 2012
Linards had 1,111 residents at the 2012 census and 1,001 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 160 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Linards has changed by −10%, slower than 97% 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
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Haute-Vienne.
Half of Linards is over 50.5, older than 84% 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
■ Linards 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 20%, a lower share than 75% 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 Haute-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households tops just over three quarters of compared French towns: 12%. Few places have as many one-person households: 41% here, more than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
Linards sits below 97% of compared French towns for households in social housing (1.7%)
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
With second homes at 7.6%, Linards is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. Here, 7.7% of households have no car. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,430 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 €24,430 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Linards: 40% of households are headed by a retired person, above 85% 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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Typically, 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).
In Linards, 3.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 3.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Linards, 46%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Linards
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
Roughly two in ten: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,001 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Linards
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linards | 50.5 | 27% | 7.6% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 4,366 · 9.6 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Boisseuil 3,010 · 11 mi | 47.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Feytiat 6,176 · 12.4 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel 2,606 · 12.8 mi | 46.3 | 20% | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Panazol 11,342 · 14.4 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 0.9% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Priest-Taurion 2,901 · 14.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 4.3% | 4.2% |
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 Linards
What is the population of Linards?
1,001 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,111).
How old are Linards’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Linards?
55, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Linards?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Linards?
€24,430 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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