Bookstores in Limoges
Bookstores reward the browsers. Limoges, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has 13 mapped right now. That's 13 bookshops mapped around Limoges, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Limoges (within about 15 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Librariá occitana and Le Bibliovore, plus Un Livre... Pour Voyage. If a bookshop's missing from Limoges's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Limoges bookstore lineup
13 in Limoges, plus 2 more around Limoges below:
Librariá occitana
Bookstore0.2 km from LimogesRun by Institut d’Études Occitanes du Limousin (IEO Limousin)
Run by Institut d’Études Occitanes du Limousin (IEO Limousin), Librariá occitana is Bookstore, found on 42 Rue Haute-Vienne in Limoges. Also worth knowing about Librariá occitana: the map lists its hours as Tu 15:00-19:00; We, Fr 10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00, 15:00-18:00; Th 15:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
42 Rue Haute-Vienne, Limoges, 87000
Hours: Tu 15:00-19:00; We, Fr 10:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00, 15:00-18:00; Th 15:00-19:00
Phone: +33 5 55 32 06 44
Le Bibliovore
Bookstore0.2 km from Limoges
Le Bibliovore — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Le Bibliovore: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-13:00,15:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-13:00,15:00-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-13:00,15:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-13:00,15:00-19:00
Un Livre... Pour Voyage
Bookstore0.3 km from Limoges
Un Livre... Pour Voyage is Bookstore on 10 Rue Haute-Cité. Un Livre... Pour Voyage also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-12:00,14:00-19:00.
10 Rue Haute-Cité
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-12:00,14:00-19:00
Librairie Papeterie Anecdotes
Bookstore0.3 km from Limoges
Librairie Papeterie Anecdotes — Bookstore, found on 19 Rue du Consulat in Limoges. Also worth knowing about Librairie Papeterie Anecdotes: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; Mo 14:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
19 Rue du Consulat, Limoges, 87000
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; Mo 14:00-19:00
Phone: +33 5 55 33 07 64
BD Rêve
Bookstore0.3 km from Limoges
BD Rêve is Bookstore.
Librairie Nivet
Bookstore0.4 km from Limoges
Librairie Nivet is Bookstore on 48 Rue de la Boucherie. Librairie Nivet also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu 15:00-19:00; Th-Sa 10:00-12:30,15:00-19:00.
48 Rue de la Boucherie
Hours: Tu 15:00-19:00; Th-Sa 10:00-12:30,15:00-19:00
Page et Plume
Bookstore0.4 km from Limoges
Page et Plume — Bookstore on 4 Place de la Motte. Also worth knowing about Page et Plume: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 09:00-19:00; Mo 14:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Place de la Motte
Hours: Tu-Sa 09:00-19:00; Mo 14:00-19:00
Phone: +33555344554
Le Bestiaire de Paul
Bookstore0.4 km from Limoges
Le Bestiaire de Paul is Bookstore on 2 Rue Adrien Dubouché, Limoges. Le Bestiaire de Paul also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
2 Rue Adrien Dubouché, Limoges, 87000
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00
Bulles 2 Papier
Bookstore0.5 km from Limoges
Bulles 2 Papier — Bookstore, found on 17 Rue Adrien Dubouché in Limoges. Also worth knowing about Bulles 2 Papier: the map lists its hours as Mo 14:00-19:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
17 Rue Adrien Dubouché, Limoges, 87000
Hours: Mo 14:00-19:00; Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +33 5 55 10 89 10
Rêv' en page
Bookstore0.5 km from Limoges
Rêv' en page is Bookstore. Rêv' en page also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 09:30-19:00, Mo 14:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 09:30-19:00, Mo 14:00-19:00
Phone: +33 5 55 32 19 92
Les Ardents Éditeurs
Bookstore0.5 km from Limoges
Les Ardents Éditeurs is Bookstore. Les Ardents Éditeurs also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +33 9 63 25 55 79
Espace Culturel E.Leclerc
Bookstore4.6 km from LimogesRun by LIMOGE DIS
Espace Culturel E.Leclerc is Bookstore run by LIMOGE DIS on Rue Henri Giffard, Limoges. Espace Culturel E.Leclerc also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Rue Henri Giffard, Limoges, 87100
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00
Phone: +33 5 55 38 14 28
Cultura
Bookstore7.7 km from Limoges
Cultura — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Cultura: it has a website with more detail.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Limoges
10 of the 13 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
8 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
Most of the bookstores in Limoges list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Limoges bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Limoges? Work this order: Librariá occitana on 42 Rue Haute-Vienne, Le Bibliovore, Un Livre... Pour Voyage on 10 Rue Haute-Cité, Librairie Papeterie Anecdotes on 19 Rue du Consulat, BD Rêve, Librairie Nivet on 48 Rue de la Boucherie, Page et Plume on 4 Place de la Motte, and Le Bestiaire de Paul on 2 Rue Adrien Dubouché. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 5 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Limoges
Browsing in Limoges? A little strategy helps:
- Ask the booksellers at Librariá occitana. A good bookseller lives for the question 'what should I read next?' Give them three books you loved and watch them work.
- Learn your editions at Le Bibliovore. A first edition, first printing is the collectible one. Booksellers will show you how to check the copyright page.
- Don't skip the small press section. The weird, wonderful stuff lives here. Small presses take the risks the big publishers won't.
- Come back seasonally. Stock turns over with the publishing seasons. The shop you browsed in spring is a different shop by autumn.
Good to know
We searched about 15 km around Limoges — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new bookstore in Limoges can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 13 that's closed, or a great bookstore we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't list prices — they change constantly and vary by edition. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers, in alphabetical order with no favourites.
If you run one of the 13 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Worth the trip: more bookstores around Limoges
2 more within about 15 km of Limoges, nearest first:
Librairie d'Elfes
Bookstore10.4 km from LimogesRun by SAS Les Papillons - Delphine Vergne
Librairie d'Elfes is Bookstore run by SAS Les Papillons - Delphine Vergne on 4 Rue du Docteur Duverger, Aixe-sur-Vienne. Librairie d'Elfes also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:30-12:30,14:30-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
4 Rue du Docteur Duverger, Aixe-sur-Vienne, 87700
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:30-12:30,14:30-19:00
Phone: +33 5 55 71 89 55
Le temps de vivre
Bookstore10.4 km from Limoges
Le temps de vivre — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Le temps de vivre: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:30-12:30,14:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-12:30,14:30-17:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:30-12:30,14:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-12:30,14:30-17:30
Phone: +33 5 55 31 00 42
Bookstore listings for Limoges: 13 in Limoges and 2 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.