Limogne-en-Quercy is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.8
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 4.8% in Limogne-en-Quercy. At 3.1%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The town counted 856 residents and 420 households at the 2023 Census. Flats come to 11% in the town, about one in ten.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Limogne-en-Quercy
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Limogne-en-Quercy, 19% of its 570 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Limogne-en-Quercy’s residents are under 58.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Limogne-en-Quercy, 19% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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
With empty homes at 7.8%, Limogne-en-Quercy is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count. Census figures put households without a car at 8.8% in the town. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+8% since 2012, a pace 64% of compared French towns didn’t match
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, −4% to 2017 and +12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Lot.
40% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limogne-en-Quercy 58.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 5.4%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
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.
Only 6% of households are single parents in Limogne-en-Quercy
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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 1.9 people. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up about one in six here (17%). Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 39%, more than in two thirds of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €23,760 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €23,760 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 53%, a higher share than 98% 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
8.5% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.6% of residents in Limogne-en-Quercy are immigrants
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 Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.6%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4.8%, about the same as 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.
Fewer single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Limogne-en-Quercy comes in at 45%. 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 71% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Limogne-en-Quercy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limogne-en-Quercy | 58.8 | 40% | 19% | 5.6% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 13.1 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Cahors 20,050 · 16.8 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 6.1% | 12% |
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 Limogne-en-Quercy
What is the population of Limogne-en-Quercy?
856 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (792).
How old are Limogne-en-Quercy’s residents?
The median age is 58.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limogne-en-Quercy?
110, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limogne-en-Quercy?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limogne-en-Quercy?
€23,760 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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