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328 residents make their home in this town in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.

Population
328
INSEE, census 2023 · commune
Rent
€8.53
per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²
Median income
€24,140
a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970
Walk, cycle, transit
5%
of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Liniez a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Liniez is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 15% of homes.

What makes Liniez stand out

The one thing Liniez does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
15%2%LiniezMedianSecond homes, share of all homes
Homes
of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Dolmen
Dolmen · Classé · Photo: Geoffroy Guégan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Liniez’s story

Liniez in pictures

Liniez has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

54% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1927First protected: Tumulus elliptique
  • 1928Most recently protected: Église Saint-Martin
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Liniez.

History

Old homes shape Liniez: 54% were built before 1919, more than in Indre’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 2 of 3. Among the classé monuments in Liniez is Tumulus elliptique. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected
Full pageLiniez’s history pageOpen the page
Age of homes54% built before 1919 · Older homesMap3 historic monumentsClassé2 classé · France’s highest protectionQuestions“How many historic monuments are there in Liniez?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up 18% of Liniez, above Indre’s towns and compared French towns

26% of adults hold a degree, between Indre’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 23% of residents are 65 or older. Typical age in Liniez: 46.5, the median.

46.5median age
LiniezIndre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Liniez
LiniezIndre medianFrance median
Under 1518%14%17%
15–249.7%9.7%11%
25–4420%19%23%
45–6429%28%26%
65+23%30%22%
No diploma21%25%19%
CAP or BEP31%30%26%
Baccalauréat15%16%18%
Higher education26%21%30%
Full pageLiniez’s Who lives here pageOpen the page
Ages46.5 median age · 23% are 65 or overHouseholds150 households · 2.2 people per householdBorn abroad1.4% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birthQuestions“What is the population of Liniez?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Liniez than in Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2%

Unemployment runs at 9.7%. Per resident in work, Liniez counts 0.5 jobs (50 jobs, 150 workers). Also worth knowing: at the census, 6.0% of working residents in Liniez didn’t travel to work at all.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Liniez, 0.5 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,140
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Full pageLiniez’s work & commute pageOpen the page
Getting to work5% walk, cycle or take transitJobs based here50 jobs based here · 0.5 per working residentMedian income€24,140 a year · Median income per consumption unit

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Liniez is €8.53/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

17 houses and apartments changed hands in Liniez from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.18/m² a month.

€8.53/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Liniez€8.53/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre median€8.76/m²
€8.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.82 to €10.67/m² a month)
€7.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Full pageLiniez’s cost of living pageOpen the page
Renting€8.53/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Liniez

11pages on Liniez
The big questions
Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 12.3 mi awayWork & commute50 jobs based hereHousing17 sales on record, the last three yearsFlood & hazards
Out and about
OutdoorsClimateWeather
The story
Who lives hereMedian age 46.5History3 historic monumentsTown HallFamous people

Landmarks

Liniez has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Classé
Tumulus elliptiqueBurial mound · Prehistory
Église Saint-MartinChurch · 13th–16th c.
Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Geoffroy Guégan · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Liniez

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Liniez yet.

How we find them →

Liniez’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Indre →
LevrouxIssoudunDéolsChâteaurouxSaint-MaurVilledieu-sur-IndreLevrouxIssoudunDéolsChâteaurouxSaint-MaurVilledieu-sur-IndreLiniez
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Liniez328—————
Levroux2,7977.7A+A+BA−
Issoudun11,15913C−A+D−C
Déols7,60013CA−CD
Châteauroux42,96315CB+DC
Saint-Maur3,53716BA−B−D
Villedieu-sur-Indre2,58316—A—C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Liniez

Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire

Liniez is a commune of 328 people in the Communauté de communes Champagne Boischauts. 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

Population
328 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Champagne Boischauts
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
10.4 sq mi (27 km²)
INSEE code
36097

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.