0.9% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
With a median age of 49, Lémeré is older than 79% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 401 residents and 180 households here. The census found that 5.1% of households have no car in the town. Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Lémeré comes in at 19%.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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 Lémeré
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lémeré, 13% of its 220 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lémeré had 475 residents at the 2012 census and 401 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lémeré: 13% of homes are second homes, above 90% 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
Households in social housing: 6% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 9.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Lémeré’s population moved −16% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
Over those years, the median Indre-et-Loire town changed +5% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +9%, then −23% to 2023.
7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 95% 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
■ Lémeré 49. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. Few places have so few one-person households: 26% here, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€24,680 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,680 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 25%, a lower share than 84% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Lémeré. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 61% of compared French towns, at 5.2%
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 median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 61% of compared French towns. 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 51% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 73% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Lémeré comes in at 24%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 401 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
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).
Lémeré is younger than 5 of its 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lémeré | 49 | 25% | 13% | 5.2% |
| Chinon 8,144 · 6.6 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 5.6% | 5.1% |
| Beaumont-en-Véron 2,717 · 9.7 mi | 50.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 3.1% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 12.7 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Azay-le-Rideau 3,438 · 13.5 mi | 46 | 24% | 10% | 5% |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine 4,092 · 13.9 mi | 51 | 33% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Bourgueil 3,631 · 15.1 mi | 52 | 31% | 7.8% | 2.5% |
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 Lémeré
What is the population of Lémeré?
401 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (475).
How old are Lémeré’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lémeré?
29, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lémeré?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lémeré?
€24,680 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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