Fewer empty homes than 96% of compared French towns: 2.9%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Limeux had 142 residents in 62 households at the 2023 Census. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Limeux (25%). The share of single-parent households tops 98% of compared French towns: 17%.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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.
Limeux changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 81% 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
18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Limeux 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Limeux’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Limeux: 42% of households are one person living alone, above 75% of compared French towns
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Few places have so few couples with children: 25% here, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
More second homes than 83% of compared French towns: 7.2%
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
Just over a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 1.6% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. By its share of households without a car (19%), Limeux is above 82% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €25,250 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 €25,250 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Above 55% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% of residents 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Limeux has 0.7%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Limeux ranks below 84% of compared French towns on married residents: 37%
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
For Limeux, the census puts single residents at 25%. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Limeux, less than in 82% 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: 24%, above 74% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 142 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 5 towns nearest Limeux, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limeux | 44.5 | 18% | 7.2% | 0.7% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 6.1 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 10.4 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 11.9 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 12.7 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Eu 6,499 · 17.7 mi | 55.2 | 35% | 5.9% | 2.8% |
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 Limeux
What is the population of Limeux?
142 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (146).
How old are Limeux’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Limeux?
5, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Limeux?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Limeux?
€25,250 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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