A median age of 56.6: Limanton is older than 96% of compared French towns
1.6% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. In 2023, the Census found 242 residents in Limanton, living in 130 households. On the census count, 1.2% of homes are flats. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Limanton
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in Limanton, 35% of its 260 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Limanton’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 39 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Limanton: 35% of homes are second homes, above 95% 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
Without a car: one household in nine, against 11% in the median compared French town. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. The census found that 15% of homes stand empty in Limanton.
From 2012 to 2023, 61% of compared French towns grew faster than Limanton: +2%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nièvre town −8%.
Only 5.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Limanton
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limanton 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 34% in Limanton and 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns: 15%
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households make up 46%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly a fifth of households are couples with children. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,210 a year
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,210 a year: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 38% in Limanton, more than in 79% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 12%, Limanton is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 75% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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 share of immigrants is 8.7%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 married residents than 90% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Limanton has 22%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 94% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 242 to 2,582
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).
1 of 2 neighbors are older than Limanton
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limanton | 56.6 | 34% | 35% | 8.7% |
| La Machine 3,192 · 14.6 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 6.2% | 4% |
| Decize 4,932 · 17.2 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 5.3% | 4.3% |
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 Limanton
What is the population of Limanton?
242 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (237).
How old are Limanton’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limanton?
89, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limanton?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limanton?
€24,210 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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