Why Hermès Picked Limoges (And You Might Too)

We came back this week to look at the real-world economics of moving to Limoges. The housing market, the job scene, the suburbs people actually pick, and the pieces of the city that never made it into the tourism brochures. This is the part that decides if you can actually move here, and the part that surprised me most.

A housing market that actually makes room for you

Where Paris and Bordeaux have you fighting strangers for a studio, Limoges is calm. A city-center one-bedroom rents from around €600 a month, and you can step out to Couzeix or Panazol, the two suburbs locals quietly recommend, and pick up a three-bedroom house in the €950 range. To buy, you're looking at roughly €1,407 per square meter for apartments. That is not a typo.

Real jobs, not just dreamy ones

The job market splits in a useful way. Stable public-sector roles (nursing, teaching, civil service), and a specialized luxury manufacturing revival anchored by Hermès and Dior moving production into the Limousin. Skilled engineering and maintenance roles inside those workshops sit firmly above the local cost of living, which is exactly the combination most expats are looking for.

For the full breakdown, every rent band, every salary, every suburb, plus the family and education numbers, head over to the new video.

A medieval secret hiding in plain sight

The "stay until the end" reveal in this video is one of my favorites yet. Most people don't realize how much of medieval Limoges was demolished in the 20th century, and what survived, survived in fragments. The Quartier de la Boucherie is one of those fragments, and it's still here, hidden between modern blocks. Not gone. Just waiting to be found.

For the full breakdown, every rent band, every salary, every suburb, plus the family and education numbers, head over to the new video.

A medieval secret hiding in plain sight

The "stay until the end" reveal in this video is one of my favorites yet. Most people don't realize how much of medieval Limoges was demolished in the 20th century, and what survived, survived in fragments. The Quartier de la Boucherie is one of those fragments, and it's still here, hidden between modern blocks. Not gone. Just waiting to be found.

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