At under 1,000 residents, Limogne-en-Quercy is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up nearly a fifth of its housing. It skews older: 40% of residents are 65 or over. Homes go for a median €1,513/m².
What makes Limogne-en-Quercy stand out
The 3 things Limogne-en-Quercy does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Limogne-en-Quercy.
Who lives here
Limogne-en-Quercy has fewer young adults than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4% are 15 to 24
13% are under 15, higher than Lot’s towns (11%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Limogne-en-Quercy has a median age of 58.8.
58.8median age
Limogne-en-QuercyLot medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Limogne-en-Quercy keeps more of its old housing than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 5 of 5. Among the classé monuments in Limogne-en-Quercy is Dolmen de Ferrières-Haut. On the Culture ministry’s list, Limogne-en-Quercy counts 5 historic monuments: 4 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Limogne-en-Quercy has higher unemployment than Lot’s towns or compared French towns: 14.6%
The median disposable income was €23,760 a year per consumption unit, about level with Lot’s towns (€24,345) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Limogne-en-Quercy counts 1.3 jobs (350 jobs, 250 workers). 16.1% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
On foot11%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Limogne-en-Quercy, 1.3 per working resident
14.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Dolmen de Ferrières-Haut: Photo: Original téléversé par Hugo.soria sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen de Pech-Lapeyre: Photo: Erwan Corre · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen dit de Pajot: Photo: Weirwolf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen dit de Joncas: Photo: Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Limogne-en-Quercy
Commune in Lot, Occitanie
Limogne-en-Quercy is a commune of 856 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne. 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
856 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne
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.
