A higher share of couples with children than 79% of compared French towns, at 31%
The share of households in social housing is 16%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. 6.8% of households have no car, or about one in 15. Few places have as many flats: 37% here, more than in 60% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 4,750 residents in 1,990 households.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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.
+4% since 2012: slower than 52% of compared French towns
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then −1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Rhône town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%.
Younger than 58% of compared French towns: half of Limas is under 42.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limas 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Limas, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Limas
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 8.1% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Second homes: 1%, a lower share than 79% 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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. On empty homes, Limas sits lower than 59% of compared French towns: 6.1%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Of all households, 9.8% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more.
A median standard of living of €28,140 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.
The median standard of living in Limas is €28,140 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 13.0% of residents.
In Limas, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 61% 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
Households headed by a retired person account for 33%. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 52% of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Limas, 9.8% of residents are immigrants, more than in 70% of compared French towns
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 Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 70% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 15: that is how common foreign nationals are in Limas (6.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of single residents (23%), Limas is below 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Limas ranks above 71% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 36%
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 about one in five here (19%). Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (36.3), the youngest, and Salies-de-Béarn (57.6), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Limas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limas | 42.9 | 21% | 1% | 9.8% |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône 36,172 · 1.1 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 2.2% | 18% |
| Gleizé 8,035 · 1.3 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1% | 12% |
| Pommiers 2,618 · 1.5 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Anse 8,206 · 2.6 mi | 38 | 16% | 1.4% | 8.5% |
| Arnas 4,601 · 2.6 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 1.3% | 6.9% |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées 4,185 · 2.6 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.6% | 5% |
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 Limas
What is the population of Limas?
4,750 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (4,549).
How old are Limas’ residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limas?
22, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limas?
INSEE counts 470 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.8% of residents, and 320 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limas?
€28,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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