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117 residents make their home in this town in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.
Lignerolles has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up a third of its housing. It skews older: 45% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Lignerolles does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lignerolles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien chapitre, in Châteaumeillant, 4.4 mi away.
62% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lignerolles.
People 65 and over make up 45% of the town, above both Indre’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults. Also worth knowing: half the people of Lignerolles are older than 63.6.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Lignerolles | Indre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 8.3% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 0% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 45% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 10% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €21,240 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 23.1% of working residents in Lignerolles didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Lignerolles recorded 12 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lignerolles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lignerolles yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignerolles | 117 | — | — | — | — | — |
| La Châtre | 4,037 | 10 | A− | A | D | A− |
| Huriel Allier | 2,536 | 18 | — | A+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Lignerolles is a commune of 117 people in the Communauté de communes de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.